A woman who disguises as a blind person to beg by the roadside with her
child in Warri, Delta state, was arrested today after she was reported
to the police by a concerned citizen.
According to the president
of Nigerian Child Welfare Fund, Joshua Omorere, he had been warning the
fake blind beggars who stay at Jakpa junction especially the arrested
woman, to desist from deceiving the public with their trade.
Earlier
today, he led a team of police officers who raided their spot and
arrested the fake blind beggar who was with her daughter as others fled
on sighting the security agents.
It was gathered that the
police officers were convinced the woman was blind after she and her
daughter broke down in tears while being arrested.
On
getting to the police station, the officers threatened to put tear gas
in her eyes, that was when the woman identified as Ada Nwachukwu
admitted she is not blind and disclosed that she came all the way from
Orlu in Imo state to Warri just to hustle.
According to
report, the beggars make a minimum of five thousand naira daily and as
at Mrs. Nwachukwu was arrested she had already made N3,270.
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