Girl With Cerebral Palsy Abandoned by Parents in Ogun State

A little girl suffering from cerebral palsy has been seen reportedly abandoned in front of a shop on Tajudeen Bello Street, Giwa Oke-Aro Road, Ogun State, by her parents.

The girl could neither talk nor walk and was also rejected by orphanages she was taken to and currently lies helplessly in police custody at the Agbado division which rescued her from the street.

According to Punch, the girl said to be about five years old, was abandoned on the street in the early hours of Wednesday, June 24.

It was gathered that residents contacted the Iju Police Station, Lagos, which shares a boundary with the community, and policemen came to pick the girl.

They reportedly returned her to the shop on Friday.

The shop owner, Gabriel Folorunsho, told our correspondent that he was shocked when he saw the girl lying in front of his shop on Friday morning.

He said, “I got to the shop on Wednesday at 88 am and met the girl there. We didn’t know who abandoned her there. She cannot walk or say anything. Someone contacted the police at Iju division and they came to pick her. When I got to the shop on Friday morning, I met the girl in front of my shop again.”

Folorunsho, a lotto agent, explained that policemen from Agbado Division, Ogun State, later came to pick the child after a distress call.

“The girl should be about five years. We didn’t have any traces of who abandoned her but we suspect it would be her parents,” he added.

A police source disclosed that the girl was taken to orphanages at Ijoko and Lambe in Ogun State as well as another one in Ishaga, Lagos, but was rejected.