Beggar ‘Regains Sight’ After Police Tear-Gas Threat
A woman identified as Ada Nwachukwu who disguises as a blind person to beg by the roadside with her child in Warri, Delta State, has been arrested.
Police said a concerned citizen, president of Nigerian Child Welfare Fund Joshua Omorere reported her to them.
Omorere, according to police, said he had been warning the fake blind beggars who stay at Jakpa.
A team of policemen raided their spot and arrested the fake blind beggar who was with her daughter as others fled on sighting the security agents.
On getting to the police station, the policemen threatened to put tear gas in her eyes, that was when the woman admitted she was not blind and disclosed that she came all the way from Orlu, Imo state, to ”hustle.”
According to reports, the beggars make a minimum of five thousand Naira daily and as at the time Mrs Nwachukwu was arrested she had already made N3,270.
