Osun Govt Rescues Abandoned Girl With Disability.

A Twenty year old girl has been rescued by the State Government of Osun having been locked up in an abandoned house by her parent for five years.

The girl who was identified as Opeyemi Olatoke was locked up in an abandoned family house located at Alfa Fire area,Oke- Iba, Obaagun road,ikirun, ifelodun local Government  State of Osun

The Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs,  Barr.  Olubukola Olaboopo who was represented by the Senior Social Welfare Officer of the Ministry, Mr Segun Akande  disclosed this while speaking with the press at the scene of the evacuation.

The Commissioner said  "The case of the wicked act  was reported at the Ministry of Women, Children and  Affairs, by an NGO; Value Female Network in the state, and the ministry swiftly 

swung into action to rescue the victim. As I speak now,

the girl who is emaciated has been taken for medical attention which bills would be footed by the state government".

 

She stressed that, the government of Governor Gboyega Oyetola is determined to protect the vulnerable and the less privileged. 

Barr. Olaboopo urged parents to take good care of their children, saying parents found maltreating their wards will be dealt with according to the Laws of the State.

In her own words, the founder of 

Value Female Network NGO, Dr. Mrs. Aderibigbe Costly,  explained that "an anonymous source  disclosed the information to our organization that a man had locked up his physically challenged child in an abandoned family house for 5years in  ikirun, adding that the father of the child only feeds the girl once in awhile".

According to her, "Based on the information we started our investigation, it was in the process of the investigation that we got the number of the elder brother of the girl that was locked up we were later able to locate the house. As an NGO located in the State of Osun we work closely with the ministry of Women, Children and Social Affairs, let me use this medium to commend the Government of the state of Osun through the ministry of Women Children and social Affairs for prompt response which as led to the rescue of the girl".

The father of the girl, prophet Samson Olatoke, founder of C& S, Ileri Ayo parish Ikirun, disclosed that they decided to lock her up due to her health issue.

The victim's mother explained " I did not give birth to Opeyemi with  disability, it all started when she was 4years old, that day she shouted from her sleep and that was how she became lame".

Presently Opeyemi's father and brother have been arrested by the police.