2 children starved to death on Tuesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Whereby the state police command to Celestial Street in Agbowo visited the area..
The area is close to the nation’s premier university, the University of Ibadan (UI).

When the police convoy get to the area, surprise was written on the faces of residents and passersby. Many followed their vehicles to find out if a heavy crime had been committed in the area.But they soon discovered that Amarachi Ukoha, 16yrs, and Munachi Madagu, 3yrs, died because the breadwinner of the family, Mr Kunle Ayoola, could not feed them.

Failed to provide the medical treatment for them because he had no money to take to the hospital.

Ayoola, 20yrs, said he could not help the children because of his poor income, adding that those who could help were also around.

He is married to Chinonye, also 20yrs. They have an 18month old baby. Chinonye had Munachi for her first husband and brought him to her new home. Her younger sister, Amarachi, 16, came to live with them.

She was said to have died of hunger, which was compounded by diarrhoea when the family was preparing to bury Munachi.

Both died in an 8rooms bungalow. They were thought to have been struck by a strange illness that caused their death. But Ayoola confessed that death visited them because he could not feed them.

Ayoola said: “I think they died as a result of poor medical care. I tried my best to save them but there was no money. The only people that could help were not at home when I visited them.”

The family man gathers metals from dustbins and dump sites and sells them at Ogunpa Market in Ibadan. But the income, according to him, is so small that he could not afford to feed his family well.

Ayoola said: “I sell scraps at Ogunpa Market. I make between N500 and N1,000 daily when business is good. I did not learn any work before starting the scrap business. I dropped out of school in Primary Six because there was no money.”

The scraps seller said he was making efforts to bury Munachi when he approached the priest of a church opposite the house for advice. But the man advised him not to bury the boy because he was not his father. He took him to the police station to report the death.

The priest, Most Superior Evangelist Tosin Otakoya, said: “On Tuesday, one boy called Kunle Ayoola, who is living in front of my church, came to me and said one of his babies had died. I asked if the baby truly belonged to him and he said no. I told him he had no right to bury the baby unless his dad authorised him to do so. When we tried to get the baby’s father on phone and the number was not going, I told him to go to police station and report himself because he could not keep the body in his house.

“I said it was not ideal for him to bury a boy that he did not father. On getting to the station, I met with the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and explained the situation to her. She volunteered to go to the house with me. When we got to the house, we met another 16-year-old lady, who was already dead, on the floor. It was strange to us.

“So, she contacted the Area Commander and the police commissioner to come to our rescue. The Area Commander came and take them away to the mortuary. I noticed these people died of poverty. They had nothing to eat or money to take care of themselves. The lady and that baby were sick and there was no care before they pass away.”

It's Pathetic.

May God Help Us.

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*Crying* Why Na

Now our standard of living is so low that ppl now die of hunger nd curable diseases.....#jonaseewhereyouledus...

Watin u suppose do first, u come dey do am last, y cant u go to dat Reverend father at first instance to beg for foodstuff n oda medical stuff just to revive her soul, den u will continue ur hustling wen dia health don stable..... Naso all d ppl in dat area wicked? Youself u no fit feed yahsef, u go accomodate step daughter n ur inlaw.... Who does dat?... RIP

2 ppl die of hunger in ibadan,and our rich men r in abuja buyin plots of land in Asokoro worth #650million per plot.....smh...Oh Lord pls arise frm Ur throne,d battle line has been drawn,,,,put in d hearts of our rich men d heart to giv to d poor and d less priviledge,or better stil God pls make dos poor kind hearted human extremely and suddenly rich...IJN.