Nigerian man who gave couple N25,000 narrates how he found them begging on the roadside 3 years after
Many Lagosians will agree that some people has employed begging as a means of livelihood, and it's almost impossible to know who is actually sincere and truly in need of help.
The quest to make money have made some to implore many deplorable stories just to gain pity and help from the public.
A Lagosian on Twitter has shared his own experince at the hands of some beggars who lied to him to get money.
According to the man identified as @promiseEbitu, he met a couple three years ago who claimed that their child is in the hospital and needed 75,000 for his treatment.
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He continued that he gave the couple 25,000 for the treatment, just to see the same couple after three years, still begging for money with the same story line.
He wrote: "3years ago I met this couples at Ikeja City Mall crying and begging me for alms that their sick baby is dying in the hospital and needed N75,000. I gave out N25,000 being sympathetic about the child. Today I met this same couples again with the same story line."
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NAIJ.com had reported that earlier a man and his daughter have been arraigned before a court for allegedly trying to kill some beggars who thought they were being helped.
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According to reports, some beggars around Offin street in the Balogun area of Lagos Island, accepted what they thought was an offer of kindness, when 18-year-old Salamat Yusuf gave them some bean cakes (akara). On opening up the akara to eat, one of the beggars reportedly saw a shiny needle inside one of the akara balls he was about to eat.
When confronted, Salamat said she received the akara from her father Mohammed Yusuf, who had asked her to distribute them.
When brought before the Tinubu Magistrate court, the father and daughter duo pleaded "not guilty" to the two-count charge of conspiracy and attempted murder against them.
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Source: Naija.ng