By Perez Brisibe
UGHELLI—Police operatives in Delta State are currently after an unidentified man who reportedly conspired with the step-mother of his two children to abandon them at the Eruemukohwarien community axis of the East-West Road over his inability to provide food for them.
Vanguard gathered that the children, male and female, aged five and seven, respectively, were discovered at 6a.m., wandering with a bag of some clothing items, by a good Samaritan at Eruemukohwarien community junction along the East-West Road, who took them to the spokesperson of the community, Chief Ogherowho Sylvester.
It was further gathered that the man abandoned his Kokori residence at Ethiope East Local Government Area, when he learned that officials of the Ughelli Welfare Office and Police operatives from the Isiokolo Police Division were after him.
The children’s story
A source at the community told Vanguard that upon interrogation, the children disclosed that they were brought from Kokori community in Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state in the late hours of the night by a commercial motorcycle operator, who they were handed over to by their father.
Confirming the incident, Chief Ogherowho said: “We were holding a meeting when one of our in-laws brought the children to us, saying they were found walking aimlessly at the Eruemukohwarien community junction.
“When we interrogated them (children), they explained that they are from Kokori community and that their father paid an Okada rider to drop them at any place outside Kokori and the local government council, owing to the fact that their father and step-mother could no longer feed them.
“Two others and I were delegated by the leadership of the community to take the children to the Police and report the matter, while officials of Ughelli Welfare Office took them into custody.
“Days after, I inquired to know if the Police had been able to locate the father of the children, but the IPO in charge of the case told me that the welfare officials, who had visited Kokori to accost the man, failed to apprehend him as he had fled the community following information that he is being hunted by the Police for his action.”
Welfare office under water
Attempts to contact the Ughelli Welfare Office were fruitless as the office was under lock, following a downpour that submerged the office building and parts of Ughelli, yesterday.
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