By Ekene Okoro, SNR. REPORTER, Lagos

A 40-year old woman, Jemilat Oseniwas on Thursday sentenced to three months imprisonment for begging for alms with five children in Lagos, South west, Nigeria.

Oseni, an indigene of Osun State was arrested by the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unitm at Seme Border with five children begging for alms.

She was arraigned at the Special Offences Court in Alausa, Ikeja for illegally being in possession of children not hers to beg for alms and in the process violating the rights of the children.

The age of the children ranged between nine months and 11 years. Two of the children belonged to Mrs Rainat Ado and Mrs Zainab Abubakar who released their children to the culprit to beg for alms.

Two of the remaining children were her grand children while the 11 years old child is her child.

According to them, Oseni told them that she wanted to use the children as cover up to smuggle some goods from Benin Republic, saying that with the children with her, custom officers would have pity and allow her to go.

They said the culprit usually give them few quantity of rice whenever she returned from her business.

A staff of the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) had seen the woman begging for alms with the children at Seme Border and reported the matter to the taskforce officials.

She was arraigned in court by the taskforce and convicted and sent to three months imprisonment at Kirikiri Prison, while the five children had been kept in custody of the WAPA Ministry.

The other two women, who gave out their children for the business, were fined N10, 000 each by the court.


http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/08/woman-bags-three-month-jail-term-for-begging-alms-with-children/

If only our law enforcement agents and the courts will be this swift when it comes to prosecuting corrupt politicians...

Biggyd2: If only our law enforcement agents and the courts will be this swift when it comes to prosecuting corrupt politicians...

Exactly my reasoning. People steal money and court will adjourn for 2-3 years. they are busy enjoying their loot.

well, law is made for the poor and the helpless here