Ondo state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has arrested a woman who claimed to be blind for her to get alms from members of the public.

According to OrangeFM, 30 year old Chinyere Onuara, who said she is a widow and mother of five, was arrested at the front of a commercial bank in Akure where she had been begging for alms for months.


She was apprehended alongside her 4 year old son, Chidibere, whose plight actually got the attention of the officials of the ministry and they made an attempt to rescue the woman and the son, unknown to them that she wasn’t blind.

During interrogation, Chinyere claimed to have left Ebonyi for Akure, few weeks ago, to assist one of her friend who is said to be blind, to collect alms, but everything didn’t go as planned when she got to Akure, in Ondo State.

She said the instead of using her as guide for her alms collection, her blind friend decided to go for another person and so she made the decision to disguise as a bling beggar to make ends meet. She eventually confessed that she makes at least N1,000 daily.

Chinyere expressed regret over her action and said it was to raise money to start a trade, upon the recent demise of her husband after he was allegedly poisoned. She appealed to the state government to empower her, rather than punish her. And he promised that she would never go back into such means of extorting money from the public anymore.

The Director of Social Welfare in the Ministry, Sola Aladesuyi, revealed that the ministry will contact her Ebonyi counterpart to verify Chinyere’s claims to be sure she is not a security risk to the state, before she is sent back.

She is currently being detained at the State Ministry of Woman Affairs.

source
https://www.reportnaija.ng/2018/02/11/see-face-fake-blind-beggar-arrested-ondo-state/

igbo dey beg?

If "igbo dey beg!" wetin hausa, fulani come dey do ?

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kestolove95:
igbo dey beg?

Dem dey play. U dey talk as if other tribe non dey beg

Posters above me, forget the tribal rubbish, who hunger no fit reset under this government?

Person can't beg in peace aqain? beside is there anything like fake begger? i might be known for my stupid comments on nairaland, but anybody that arrest a beggar should definitely find something better for the person or face the fire of God

I beg free her joor. Country hard. At least better than stealing. Who is not a blind begger mostly these days ? Abi no be buhariconomics we dey?

At least better than the snake story

Economic hardship everywhere, God pls save us from this shithole!

Why? He didn't commit any Crime! It's like saying A pastor arrested for collecting Tithe

emmalezy:

According to OrangeFM, 30 year old Chinyere Onuara, who said she is a widow and mother of five, was arrested at the front of a commercial bank in Akure where she had been begging for alms for months.

Arrested for what exactly? Yeye dey smell.

Too bad!

kestolove95:
igbo dey beg?

When a dog mingle with sheep, later or sooner it will eat shi.t....

Why arrest her. Did you give her a job .
So you prefer her to go sell kpekus.
Did she force any idiot to pay?
Fucking churches beg people for cash on a weekly basis, why not arrest adeboye , Chris and co

Afonja is blind and wants Igbo to lead her.

always like that...

is alwight. this woman has finally killed the vibez of the real blind beggers. but why should dey arrest her? she is a begger not a thief. she didn't force anyone to give her money. it's beg she begged na

can we empower the women.....nairaland

Free the woman jooor

nawa oooooi

Chinyere....

Not all of such situations are traceable to poverty. Some had thru whatever nature coded their soul with deep abilities to beg. Some refused all pleadings by their parents and even concerned individuals to make meaning out of their lives... Yea, you will have two kids in order for you to feed and care fpr them seria but serial beggars in the streets with still display 5 kids for you to help in feedin them. Who are those goblins responsible for fathering them all the time. If Chinyere could fake blindness, how are we going to swallow her order confessions? But the real Ibos I know dont beg... let us put tribalism apart to say the truth.

She did not commit any offence. But the question begging for answer is why should a Chinyere be a blind beggar in afonja land despite coming from the world richest tribe? Developers, don't address your problems, keep deceiving yourselves and be beating chests everywhere.

selfmadeboss:
Why arrest her. Did you give her a job .
So you prefer her to go sell kpekus.
Did she force any idiot to pay?
Fucking churches beg people for cash on a weekly basis, why not arrest adeboye , Chris and co

what you call your brain, should be transfered to a chimpanze at least it/he will use it better.

This is how they develop othe people's land, She is really trying in her developmental project.

kestolove95:
igbo dey beg?

Igbos dont beg according to one poster up there.

SIMPLYkush:
Person can't beg in peace aqain? beside is there anything like fake begger? i might be known for my stupid comments on nairaland, but anybody that arrest a beggar should definitely find something better for the person or face the fire of God

For once u sound reasonble