Soakaway Wahala don turn wetin suppose be ordinary waka go visit aunty to lifetime heartbreak for one mama wey lose her 3-year-old pikin, Chibuike Uba, for Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. The mama, wey her name na Utoro, carry her pikin go see her aunty for Babarinsa community, but the visit end in serious gbege.
As mama dey pack her load to return to Epe, small Chibuike waka follow the aunty wey step outside go answer phone call. Next thing, the boy disappear like magician. Dem search everywhere sotay dem find im slippers near one soakaway wey dem no cover. Na there mama begin shout say, “My pikin dey inside!”
“Soakaway Wahala:We Carry Am Rush Hospital, But E Too Late” – Mama Still Dey Cry
After dem pull Chibuike from the open soakaway for the next compound, dem rush am go one private hospital for Sapati area. From there, dem carry am go General Hospital for Akodo. But as doctors try put oxygen, hope still vanish—dem later pronounce am dead.
Mama Utoro no fit hold back tears. She talk say the soakaway no even get fence and say her aunty don tell the landlord tire to close the thing, but the man just dey give empty promise. She say, “Even plank wey my aunty use take cover am before, flood don spoil am. As I dey talk to you, the soakaway still dey open like that!”
Soakaway Wahala:Landlord Don Disappear, Human Rights People Dey Chase Justice
After the soakaway wahala them still no fit reach the landlord wey own the compound. Even human rights advocate, Harmony Tachie, wey be founder of Harmony Advocacy Network, say the man no dey live for the area. She say dem don dey try make sure the matter enter police level make justice show face.
According to her: “We dey make effort to report the matter to the correct authorities. The landlord no dey stay for there, but he go hear from us. This kind negligence no suppose happen again for this country.”
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