A 21-year-old woman on Monday stirred up the
premises of Ikeja Magistrate’s Court as she employed
desperate measures to draw attention to her
misfortune.
Esther Odozi bared the upper part of her body on
Monday on the premises of the court, in protest
against hunger that she said was “killing her and the
five children” she left back home in Agbor Owanta,
Delta State.
Odozi, a farmer laid half-unclad on a road in the court
shouting, “Hunger, hunger. Government must do
something today. I have not received anything from
the plenty crude oil money government is spending
in our state. Nigerians are wicked.”
She impeded movement on the premises. Passersby
were astonished. One of them, who did not state her
name but said she was a lawyer, told our
correspondent that Odozi abused the “temple of
womanhood.”
Odozi, who said she lives in Owanta village in Ika
North-East Local Government Area of Delta State,
came to Lagos last week and because she didn’t have
anywhere to sleep, slept at Mountain of Fire and
Miracles Ministries where she begged for money to
come to the old secretariat in Ikeja.
She said she was directed by an official of Human
Rights Commission in her state to come to Lagos that
she would get help.
According to her, she needed N200,000 for garri and
melon business and would not leave Lagos until she
got the money for the business.
Odozi shunned passersby who shouted at her to
cover herself as she rolled on the ground. She
revealed wounds on her left leg and the right side of
her hips; she said she was hit by a car. She refused a
N500 given to her by a passerby, saying, “I don’t
want your money. I want Fashola to give me N200,
000.”
“After confronting serious hardship in my state, I was
advised by an official of Human Rights Commission
in Delta to go to Human Rights Commission in Abuja.
I also went to Police Headquarters and NAPTIP
(National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in
Persons) in Abuja. They all told me to go to Lagos;
they said that is where I could get help,” she said.
“My husband, Donald Ogbaja, was a retired
policeman before he died of hunger. He married me
when I was 17. I bore five children, including twins
for him.”
Odozi said she tried to survive on her own by
cultivating some crops, but unfortunately, she was
hit by a car and had her injuries stopped her from
continuing working on her farm.
“I will not leave this court without seeing N200,000
to start business. I want to sell melon and garri. Tell
Emmanuel Uduaghan, the governor of my state, and
the Federal Government to do something about my
condition. They must give me part of the petrol
money. I must take care of my five children.”

www.gistfactory.com/2013/05/drama-at-ikeja-magistrate-court-as-21yr.html?m=1

quite sad

Awww.....*sighs*. This is pathetic. Make dem sha give am a share of the national cake now that she has publicly shown her interest in it oh, not minding to 'debase womanhood' just lyk a passerby said (stewpeed passerby, poverty no sabi womanhood or manhood jare).

At least, what she did is better than engaging in various vices like stealing 'governor's goat'

O ti ba woman yi gan

sholay2011: Awww.....*sighs*. This is pathetic. Make dem sha give am a share of the national cake now that she has publicly shown her interest in it oh, not minding to 'debase womanhood' just lyk a passerby said (stewpeed passerby, poverty no sabi womanhood or manhood jare).

At least, what she did is better than engaging in various vices like stealing 'governor's goat'

lol,am even suprised that those miscreants did not press her breast or pull her nipples

This lady must be a flasher and exhibitionist. Because of hunger she has opened all the holes in her body. LASG will most likely give her some food and a bus back to where she is coming from. This lady is unwell. I wonder if she thinks one of these men will find her attractive and take her home. What is the point of the flashing by the way. E don do na.