One Olabisi Adewunmi from Omu Aran in Kwara State has been sent away from home by her father for allegedly stealing her step-mother’s N10.
Olabisi, a teenager, who, until the incident, resided with her father at 27, Tayo Kehinde Street, Egbeda, Lagos, was allegedly thrown to the streets by her father over the matter.
Said to have lost her mother alongside her two brothers some years back, the young girl now faces life alone having dropped out of school in Junior Secondary School 3.
She had since been taking refuge in the premises of the Christ Apostolic Church in the Egbeda area until recently when the authorities of the church also sent her packing due to the fears that she might be raped by hoodlums roaming the vicinity.
The Director of an advocacy centre, Joshabel Touch a Heart, Mrs. Favour Benson, told The Point, that since the teenager was expelled from home by her father, she had been living on the streets.
Benson alleged that the education of the young girl had been stopped for a while by her father, to punish her for various infractions at home, before she was finally displaced.
“Her father has refused to take care of her since the death of her grandmother, who had been taking care of her. She was thrown out by her father and step-mother because of N10 as her father took side with her step-mother,” she said.
Olabisi, who spoke with The Point, said, “I was sent out of the house by my father and step-mother because of N10. My father’s wife sent me to go and buy rice and the change was remaining N10, which the seller didn’t have.
So, my step mother told me to go and collect her change but somebody gave me the N10 to go and give her. When my daddy came back that day, my step mother reported to him and he sent me out of the house.”
Recounting her ordeal further, the young girl said life had become unbearable for her since her father allegedly ejected her from home.
According to her, she had since been fending for herself, taking care of her feeding, shelter and other basic necessities.
She further stated that she and her dad were in good terms and she didn’t know what might have suddenly come over him.
“I have to wash plates for one woman in a restaurant to get a plate of food and she also bought me soap and sponge, which I use in bathing in the open area. I was even staying in a church before they sent us away because they were afraid that we might be raped,” she said.
Although efforts are being made to help Olabisi, the director of the advocacy centre noted that her father had refused to show up, despite visiting him in his shop, where he sells iron rod
