By Kolawole Ojebisi
A 13-year-old boy has revealed how his parents took him to Africa and enrolled him in a boarding school before abandoning him there
According to the boy, his parents took the decision without his consent, adding that they abandoned him at the African boarding school and returned to the United Kingdom.
The boy, whose identity is protected, contacted the British Consulate and a child welfare organization on Friday to lodge accusation of “brutality” against his parents.
His legal team argued that his parents “physically and emotionally abandoned” him due to concerns over his potential involvement in gangs in London, an accusation the teenager denies vehemently.
According to his representative, he was enrolled in a school abroad without warning or consultation with him, under the pretence of caring for an ill relative. He claimed that upon arrival, his parents left him there.
