‘Fake beggars’: Police nabs four for ‘injecting minors to make their stomachs swell’
Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesperson of the Lagos police command, says four men have been apprehended in the state for allegedly parading minors as beggars.
In a post on Twitter on Saturday, Hundeyin said the men got the minors from villages and brought them to Lagos to seek alms.
According to the police spokesman, a medical doctor allegedly provided injections which were given to the children to make their stomachs swell.
“These men get minors from villages, get a medical doctor to allegedly inject them with substances that make their stomach swell outrageously, and parade them in road traffic as critically sick, to get alms from motorists,” he said.
“Investigation is ongoing.”
He, however, advised Nigerians to be careful about who they handed over their children to.
These men get minors from villages, get a medical doctor to allegedly inject them with substances that make their stomach swell outrageously, and parade them in road traffic as critically sick, to get alms from motorists. Investigation is ongoing. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/il8Rofte8e
— SP Benjamin Hundeyin (@BenHundeyin) October 1, 2022