Nigeria: Boy Absconds From Hospital As Controversy Trails 'Thunderbolt' Theory

Controversy has continued to trail a 'thunderbolt' attack, which chopped off the hand of an 11-year-old boy in a community in the FCT.

When 11-year-old Aliyu Idris and his mother, Hajiya Rabi Garba arrived at the National Hospital, Abuja, last Wednesday, they allegedly told doctors that Aliyu's badly damaged hand was as a result of thunderbolt that hit his community during an early morning rainfall.

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