Tag: Mary Daniel

Lagos Hands Over Amputee Hawker, N25m To Police, Exposes Her True Identity

Tade Salako

  “I couldn’t believe that someone from Kogi will come and swindle smart minds Lagos is peopled with,” an official said after receiving calls from some of the people the sachet water hawker had a deal with to either get their own share of “N25m proceeds of the fraud” or else they would expose her.   The Government of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, has handed over 26-year-old homeless amputee and single mother, Mary Daniel, who came to limelight after her pictures surfaced online, to the Nigerian Police, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO)…

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Why Lagos Took Over Amputee Sachet-Water Hawker’s Welfare – Sanwo-Olu

Gbenga Adeoye

  Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial capital, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given reasons the government took over welfare of a 26-year-old homeless amputee and single mother, Mary Daniel, who came to limelight during the weekend after her pictures where she was hawking sachet water to make ends meet surfaced online. He disclosed that the single mother, whose tragic story trended on social media platforms over the weekend, have been relocated to temporary shelter for safety after her pictures surfaced online, a situation that meant many people can easily recognise her.…

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