Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- A four-year-old boy, Abubakar Aliyu, escaped death after he was rushed to the emergency unit of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) on Thursday, officials have said.

The hospital spokesperson, Hauwa Abdullahi, in a statement, said the boy was rushed to the hospital's accident/emergency unit 12 noon bleeding from a deep neck cut.

A family source told PREMIUM TIMES that the boy's uncle, allegedly under the influence of drugs "attempted to slaughter the child". The hospital did not comment on the source of injury.

The spokesperson, however, said a team of consultants and hospital staff "were assembled within four minutes" to carry out an emergency surgery on the child.

"The surgery was successfully conducted with...