The risk people go through just to escape Africa is really shocking—a clear indication that people would rather die trying than live on the continent which is somewhat become a land of failure.

According to Spanish police, an eight-year-old boy has been smuggled into Spain from Morocco inside a suitcase. The boy, Abou, was found inside the case being carried by a 19-year-old woman into Ceuta, a Spanish enclave next to Morocco, on Thursday.

When police opened the case, they found the boy in a “terrible state”, a spokesman for the Guardia Civil told AFP.

The boy, from Ivory Coast, is now in the care of authorities in Ceuta.

The Spanish newspaper El Pais reported (in Spanish) that the 19-year-old is not related to the boy, and was paid by his father to carry the suitcase.

This may sound ridiculous and wicked but it highlights the frustration of many Africans, caused by our political leaders who are unable to use our many natural resources to turn the continent into a land worth living on.

The father of the smuggled boy paid Moroccan courier to carry the suitcase. A police spokesman told Efe: “She seemed to hesitate, and it looked as though she didn’t want to come through the border. At first we thought that there could be drug packages, but gradually discovered that it was a human body,” reports BBC.

To reunite with his son, the father travelled across the border an hour-and-a-half after his son but he was detained by border guards.