It was a show of shame and sorrow on Tuesday at the ongoing Trade Fair in Lagos State as a group of persons who paraded themselves as members of a Non-Governmental Organization, NGO, were seen at the Trade Fair complex in Orile-Badagry Expressway, Ojo, with a protruding stomach begging for alms.
According to reports, they (a lady and two men) are suspected fraudsters parading themselves as members of an NGO.
While they were soliciting for funds from well-meaning Nigerians, an elderly woman who simply identified herself as Iya Bose tried to know about the NGO they represented, but the leader (the lady), couldn’t produce any form of ID card.
It was gathered that she shunned the woman, asking her to keep her nose off their affairs.
Iya Bose raised the alarm which attracted a crowd and some journalists were said to have asked further questions, but the leader and her accomplices could not prove they belonged to any NGO.
The leader of the team, whose name could not be ascertained, was thereafter, labelled a fraudster.
In her response, she told newsmen, “Nigeria is hard, I cannot do Ashawo (prostitution), man must survive.”
She claimed that the girl was brought from Abuja, while her co-worker said that the girl’s parents live at Orile, Coker area of Lagos.
Newsmen further asked the sick victim where her parents resided.
She shocked the crowd when she responded that her parents are in the village in Abakiliki, the Ebonyi state capital.
She added that those people (fake NGO) brought her from the village, disclosing that she was told to smile and wave at people driving bye so they would be pushed to donate.
As at press time, the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos could not be reached for comments.
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According to reports, they (a lady and two men) are suspected fraudsters parading themselves as members of an NGO.
While they were soliciting for funds from well-meaning Nigerians, an elderly woman who simply identified herself as Iya Bose tried to know about the NGO they represented, but the leader (the lady), couldn’t produce any form of ID card.
It was gathered that she shunned the woman, asking her to keep her nose off their affairs.
Iya Bose raised the alarm which attracted a crowd and some journalists were said to have asked further questions, but the leader and her accomplices could not prove they belonged to any NGO.
The leader of the team, whose name could not be ascertained, was thereafter, labelled a fraudster.
In her response, she told newsmen, “Nigeria is hard, I cannot do Ashawo (prostitution), man must survive.”
She claimed that the girl was brought from Abuja, while her co-worker said that the girl’s parents live at Orile, Coker area of Lagos.
Newsmen further asked the sick victim where her parents resided.
She shocked the crowd when she responded that her parents are in the village in Abakiliki, the Ebonyi state capital.
She added that those people (fake NGO) brought her from the village, disclosing that she was told to smile and wave at people driving bye so they would be pushed to donate.
As at press time, the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos could not be reached for comments.
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