A year after being rescued from bondage, Korede Francis is hale and hearty.
The recent photo of Korede Francis, a boy who was chained and starved by his father for being ‘possessed by the spirit of stealing’ emerged online recently.
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The boy is no longer recognisable as he looks well taken care of after being rescued and adopted by the wife of Ogun State governor, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun.
A Facebook user, Femi Salako posted the recent photo with praises for the first lady.
The Facebook user wrote:
#FROM #GRASS #TO #GRACE.
Not just a pretty face, Dr Mrs Olufunso Amosun is a Woman after Mother Theresa’s heart.
This is Korede Francis 9-years-old of 2017 and the current Korede Francis 10 year old of today. The boy who was chained on his neck to die by his biological father at a Celestial Church in Ado Odo Ota Ogun State.
Korede was adopted by the wife of the Governor,Ogun state, Dr.(Mrs) Olufunso Amosun. Thank God for the kindness of Her Excellency. #UPLIFTingtheChildren #OlufunsoCareForthelittleChild #OlufunsoUPLIFTKorede #OlufunsoDemonstratingLoveFortheChildren #UPLIFTingtheVulnerableChild.
Korede’s father, Francis Taiwo, a Celestial Church of Christ pastor who starved and kept the boy in chains for months, before he was arrested in August 2016.
The 40-year-old pastor was apprehended by the police from the Onipanu division at his church – CCC, Key of Joy Parish – in Ajibawo, Atan, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.
In October the wife of the Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, took up the sponsorship of the then nine-year-old with the promise that the sponsorship would be till he graduates from the university.
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