The little Oluwafemi Adebawo on October 28, 2010, at exactly 1p.m at Itedo Apostle Obinehin in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State was left behind by his parents who went to fend for the family.
As he was playing with his colleagues, a poisonous arrow struck at him from no particular direction, and hit him on the right side of his forehead. It was a sharpened arrow of about four feet and threw into the direction of the boy.
An eyewitness told "The Nation" that it was a man who was aggrieved on the manner a pig ate his food in annoyance threw the arrow towards the pig.
It was the kind of arrow used to kill whales and sharks inside the ocean that hit the little boy
Consequently, the boy became unconscious and fell down, rolling in his pool of blood. Then, commotion came. There was confusion in the community as youths in the area went on rampage with the intention of killing the arrow shooter.
However, the timely intervention of the community leader, Apostle Elijah Enikuomehin brought the situation to normalcy.
For the survival of the lucky boy, Enikuomehin who is also the spiritual leader of the community quickly moved the boy to a clinic at Okesiri within the area where the nurse met on duty advised that the boy should be moved to Okitipupa.
The rescue team in swift response quickly moved the boy to Okitipupa where the boy was first taken to a private hospital. But the medical doctor who owns the hospital also referred Feranmi to the General Hospital at Okitipupa.
At the General Hospital, the Doctors on duty directed that the boy should be rushed to the University Teaching Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
Feranmi was rushed down to the UCH and they got to the hospital around 10pm without meeting any medical practitioner to attend to the hapless boy.
The nurses advised that the boy have to wait till the following day when the doctors would be on duty.
All the family members who accompanied the little boy to the hospital from Ondo riverine community had sleepless night as the boy continued to reel in pains.
At exactly 9.am the subsequent day, on arrival of the doctors they moved little Feranmi to the surgery unit for operation. Nobody, even the doctors thought the boy could survive the trauma.
But, providence took control and he was operated successfully. In fact, the medical doctors used the surgery as an experiment. The UCH management demanded for advance payment which his parents could not even afford.
However, after three hours in rigorous operation in the theater, the medical team, headed by Dr. Adeleye completed the surgery but with the probability that the boy may or may not survive. At this point, the people who escorted the boy to UCH went on fervent prayers to seek God's intervention on the survival of the innocent boy.
According to Enikuomehin, 'At this point, we began serious prayer because it was evident that if the boy fails to survive, the entire community will go up in flames. Tension is already heightened as the youths are ready to attack the man who threw the arrow
'Since the doctors were not sure of his survival, we had no other option than to embark on serious prayers. People at home also joined us in praying for the boy's survival.
'The boy was placed on oxygen guide through-out the period. It was at this point his father; Mr. Eri Adebawo arrived at the hospital in tears".
In a miraculous way, the boy, however survived after spending three days at the intensive care unit. Later, the hospital's management demanded that the parents should settle the bill but there was no specific response because there was no means to pay the money.
However, the Chief Information Officer of UCH, Mr. Toye Akinrinlola who is reportedly connected to Governor Mimiko assisted the parents of the little boy by making a call through to the state chief executive of Ondo State on hearing that the family is from the state.
As fate would have it, it was at the point of discharging the boy that his father got the wind that the Governor had already paid for the medical bill. Adebawo who expressed surprise was full of praises for the governor for setting the huge bill.
Adebawo said, 'The governor's gesture to us is a surprise. Without knowing whether the person is actually from his state, the governor graciously paid for the medical expenses.
"He did not even see the boy, he did not use the boy's case for his political gain up till now, and the governor has not set his eyes on the boy. So we want to tell the whole world that the governor has the knack for assisting people"
The delighted lawmaker representing Ilaje state constituency 11 in the State House of Assembly, Barrister Gbenga Edema was full of praises to Governor Mimiko for his benevolence to the boy and his parents.
He described the kind gesture of Governor Mimiko as a testimony of his caring heart programme.
Edema said, "The governor h as again demonstrated that he is the governor of everybody both the rich and the poor, both the high and the low.
"I am happy that at the end of the day, the boy is alive. His case is mysterious, but miraculously God saved him through the Governor's benevolence".
Already, to affirm that the little kid is in perfect condition, he had gone twice for medical check up at UCH, Ibadan where the operation took place and the medical report showed that the boy had a success operation and hence, he has overcome the trauma.
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