If you listen to several news flying up and down, you will be discouraged to render assistance to the less privileged. According to the holy book, giving to the poor and needy is another way to fast; so, don’t allow people’s action hinder you from receiving your blessings but even as you render help to people, one needs to be very careful as a lot is happening these days.
On Saturday, 15th of February 2020 around 11:48 am, a 37-year-old woman identified as Mrs. Ngozi Dike of Umuaka Town, Isu-Njaba LGA of Imo State was arrested for faking blindness in order to attract sympathy for alms. She was using two children namely; Blessing Ezenwanne ‘f’, aged 8years, of Ugwuta Town and Favour Ezeagu, f’ aged 11years of Nwari, Ohaji-Egbema of Imo State, to beg for alms. She was arrested in a market, Oye Olisa in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State by a police detective attached to Ogbunike Division, Anambra State Police Command.
SP Haruna Mohammed, Police Public Relations Officer stated this in a press release, saying the Suspect pretended to be afflicted with blindness, and was using two children to beg for alms. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the Suspect is neither blind nor afflicted with any ailment as she claimed.” Haruna said the woman got the two children she uses from their parents, whom she deceived that she wants to train the girls in school, but brought them to the town instead to use them for begging in the market.
The Case is still under investigation…
I’m just wondering why someone will borrow another woman’s children for alms begging… what happened to her own children??