The
Ogun State Government, yesterday, initiated moves to reconcile victims of the
Akute baby-making factory with their families, just as two babies delivered
after their mothers were rescued have been named after Governor Ibikunle
Amosun.
The
state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development is interfacing with
Abia, Imo and Akwa Ibom state governments on how the victims could be re-united
with their families.
Commissioner
in charge of the ministry, Mrs. Elizabeth Sonubi, while speaking with news men
at the Stella Obasanjo Children Home, Ibara, Abeokuta said her office had been
exchanging correspondences with the Ministries of Women Affairs in the states
where the victims hailed from, noting that one of them had actually signified
readiness to receive its indigenes among them.
“We
have sent correspondences to their respective state governments and some of
them have responded and they are now willing to have them and ready for
repatriation,” she said.
The
commissioner disclosed that all the nine victims were actually hale and hearty,
revealing that already, two of them had been delivered of babies named King
David Etimbuk Omotoyosi Amosun and Queen Elizabeth Morayoninuoluwa
Onyinyechukwu Amosun.
Sonubi
enjoined the young ladies not to despair or be demoralised about living, but
should rather see their present situation as the beginning of a new life. She
advised them to cultivate good morals that would distinguish them among their
peers.
She
said: “Our mandate is to see to the survival and protection of the children and
that is what we are doing currently. We are very caring in Ogun State. We are
not taking you as criminals, but rather, as victims of circumstance.
“So I
want you all to see your present situation as the beginning of a new life. Plan
your next step of action by returning to school or endeavour to learn a skill
so that you would be useful to yourself, people and your state in the nearest
future.”
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