Authorities of the sexual orientation-based viciousness reaction group of the Vicar Hope Foundation, Umuahia, have saved a two-year-old kid suspected to have been bolted awake for a few days in an uncompleted structure at the Zone 5 Agbama Housing Estate, Umuahia, Abia State.

The child, whose name couldn't be found out as of the hour of salvage, looked depleted, dried out, and malnourished, maybe asylum has gone a few days without nourishment or water.

As indicated by the Program Manager, Vicar Hope Foundation, Mr. Raymond Ukwa, the association got an approach Saturday, April 25, 2020, from landowners in the region that a kid had been secured up an uncompleted structure.

Ukwa said working in accordance with entrenched conventions on mediation, the establishment announced the occurrence to the Umuahia Area Commander of the Nigeria Police Force, Mr. Ekeinde Odion, who definite officials to break into the structure so the kid could be saved.

“As a foundation, we believe in creating a safe environment for our children; a lot of deaths of children every year occur because of negligence and preventable diseases; it’s our duty to ensure that we reduce these numbers and protect the right to life of every child,” he stated.

Neighbors, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the child’s parents were in the habit of locking him up for days without food or water, adding that they sometimes pass food through a crack in the wall of the building to him.

The Assistant Secretary, Board of Trustees of the foundation, Mr Chika Ojiegbe, said the child was examined by medical personnel and taken to a safe dwelling, while relevant authorities had commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his abandonment in the uncompleted building.

The state Commissioner for the Nigerian Girls’ Guild Association, Mrs. Queen Nwarie, commended the founder of the Vicar Hope Foundation and wife of the state governor, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu, for rescuing the child.

Nwarie said the quick response of the foundation made the difference between life and death for the toddler.