The stray bullet which hit 15 months old baby, Shuaibu Mahmud, in
Maiduguri on Sallah day is yet to be removed, Today's gist has learnt.
The father of the boy, Mallam Mahmud was told by doctors at the Usman Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, where he was referred to that the bullet cannot be removed now so as not to damage his brain.
“We were told to bring him back by
December because the bullet penetrated through his skull and could
damage his brain and eyes”, he said.Narrating how the incident occurred, he
said, “My son was playing with other children in my in law’s house at
federal low cost housing estate on Sallah when suddenly he fell down and
blood started coming from out from his head.
Initially, we did not know
that it was a bullet that hit him, until he was taken to hospital, and
an x-ray was carried out and the bullet was discovered”.
Mahmud lamented that his son is no longer as agile as he used to be.
“He can no longer stand on his own without support. I am afraid that the bullet might affect his brain”, he said.
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