After being on wheelchair for four years in a Dubai hospital, a Boko Haram child’s victim, Ali Ahmadu, has returned to the country after successful surgery on his legs.
The boy, who was wheeled into the plane three months ago disembarked from an Ethiopian Airline plane at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, at 12:22 p.m. without assistance.
Ali, who was dressed in grey blazer, white shirt and blue jean, was all smiles as he disembarked from the plane.
Overwhelmed with joy, Ali thrilled crowd with brisk walks at the Abuja airport.
He returned to Nigeria to the warm embrace of a tumultuous crowd at the airport.
It was hectic controlling those who trooped out to catch the glimpse of the boy.
When he was approached by journalists at the arrival area of the airport, he simply said “I am fine.”
When asked in Hausa about his experience in Dubai, he said “lafiya lao” (Fine, thank you).
To really prove that he was fine, Ali lifted his legs in a marching order.
He arrived the country alongside his aunt, Hannatu Madu, the Coordinator of Global Initiative for Peace, Love and Care (GIPLC), Nuhu Kwajafa and representatives of Dickens Sanomi Foundation.
Journalists seized the moment to ask him about his ambition, he said in Hausa, “I am fine, I want to be a policeman, I want to save people from harm.”
But while the boy savoured the moment with many taking photographs with him at the airport, the Taleveras Foundation, announced a scholarship up to the university level for him.
The chairman of Dickens Sanomi Foundation, who is also the Chairman of Taleveras Group, Mr. Igho Sanomi, said: “About three months ago, we all witnessed at the same airport Ali Ahmadu been taken away on a wheel chair, today to the Glory of God we are here to receive Ali Ahmadu, walking handsomely into our arms.
“What started as a painful Journey for Little Ali after his Boko Haram attack in Chibok, four years ago that confined him to a wheel chair, has transformed into a Journey of hope, Love and care.
“Dickens Sanomi Foundation is backed by the principle of Love and care, one that was practiced and preached by Late Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Dickens Sanomi, today we demonstrate these principles by being our neighbour’s keepers and teaching love by showing it.”