No fewer than 70 beggars and the homeless were on Wednesday dumped at the Upper Iweka Bridge, Onitsha, Anambra State.
The destitute told journalists that they
were dumped about 3am at Upper Iweka after being detained in Ikorodu,
Lagos, for over six months for alleged wandering and other minor
offences by the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline officials.
The destitute said they were brought to Onitsha in four buses, escorted by riot policemen.
One of them, Mr. Osondu Mbuto, from
Ohaozara in Ebonyi State and a petty trader in Lagos, said he was
arrested by the Lagos State Government officials while going to his shop
on December 18, 2012.
Mbuto added that the Lagos State Government officials were in company with some policemen.
The Chairman of Nigeria Red Cross
Society in the South-East, Dr. Peter Katchy, described the action of the
Lagos State officials as condemnable.
He said, “It’s very deplorable; it’s
very disheartening that a state in the Federal Republic of Nigeria will
bundle people, who are not even indigenes of Anambra State, and dump
them under the flyover at Upper Iweka in Onitsha.
“Many of the people, we have interviewed
are not indigenes of Anambra State. Some of them are from Ebonyi State;
some are from Imo State among other states.
“It is an insult to Anambra State. We
shall draw the attention of the governor of Anambra State to ask the
reason for such an invasion of his territory.
“We will find out why Lagos State should
invade Anambra State territory; and why Lagos State should dump people
here and leave them helpless.
“We are here on humanitarian purposes
and in response to an emergency. From what we discovered here, this is a
human emergency and a human callousness.”
Katchy, however, promised that the
society would move the destitute to the Anambra State Social Welfare
Centre in Onitsha South Local Government for rehabilitation.
The Lagos State Government had dumped another set of beggars at Upper Iweka late last year.
Calls made to the mobile phone of the
Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba, for his
reaction, did not go through.
He also did not respond to a text message sent to him by one of our correspondents.
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ReplyDeleteLet you people see why Nigeria can never remain as one country.Imagine a citizen of his/her own country deprived of human right, even someone going to his shop, may be he did dress well is a enough reason for sending him/her away.
ReplyDeleteONITSHA,where we have the GOOD, THE BAD and THE UGLY.but let me ask,is Onitsha larger than Lagos?
ReplyDeleteIGBO NATION! REFUGEES in their own "COUNTRY"
ReplyDeleteSo KAI officials did not SEE the UGLY SIGHT of BAGGARS at AGBARA-along lagos-badgery express way to send them back to NIGER & CHAD?
This shows that the IGBOs are not WELCOME in NIGERIA, despite the fact that they contribute immensely to the GDP of this COUNTRY.
In the NORTH, they are SLAUGHTERED by their HOST at any little OPPORTUNITY. Even when a LUNATIC in far away DENMARK decides to MOCK other persons faith, it was the IGBO MEN that paid for this FOOLISH act with their BLOOD.
I hope UN is WATCHING! bcos 4 43yrs the "BLACK ISREAL" is still paying the price of PREDICTING the FUTURE. BIAFRA deserves to be the WORLD'S newest NATION.
May GOD continue to BLESS & MULTIPLY the DESCENDANT of ISREAL in AFRICA-the IGBO NATION!
Let Anambra governor also dump them to their various states, Imo, Ebonyi, Enugun, Abia e.t.c. It is as simple as A B C . lol. Must they fluck Lagos?
ReplyDeleteNa wa o
ReplyDeleteI think the only reason is 'cos Onitsha is home for all lol .
ReplyDeleteThis is despacable.
ReplyDeleteONITSHA s now a waste paper basket
ReplyDeleteI cant imagine this, when I was thinking that Fashola could be President of this Nation. If you can do this to IGBOS who are noted for hard working People, then... your Conscience will judge. Remember he that made you a citezen of Lagos state is still on the throne, and he is watching you.
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