Family of one 24-year-old
Miss Oluchukwu has allegedly rejected her for refusing to sell her baby boy
after she delivered him out of wedlock.
Oluchukwu, an indigene of
Ebonyi State, whose family resides at Awka Etiti in Idemili South local
government of Anambra State had initially been advised to abort the pregnancy
after she got pregnant out of wedlock, but she refused, insisting on keeping
the pregnancy.
She was, however, picked by
an NGO, Safenest, after she ran away from the family to Awka, Anambra State
capital.
The executive director of
Safenest, Mrs Oluchukwu Ckukwuenyem who spoke at a seminar organised by the
group, said upon Oluchukwu’s delivery, she contacted her family to broke the
good news of her delivery to them, but was rather advised to sell the baby for
her upkeep and be sure not to return to the family with it.
“We were so amazed when we
learnt of this, and we have taken it upon ourselves to take care of her and the
baby. She is currently in a location we put her. We do not want to release her
exact location, but I can tell you she is doing well.
“How much will she sell the
baby that can assuage her sufferings for nine months?” Oluchukwu said.
She revealed that within a
year of the operations of her NGO, she has discovered that most families were
threatened by very flimsy excuses, and had gone ahead to experience serious
problems like division, divorce and even murder.
Oluchukwu admitted that
abuse of substances like hard drug, alcohol and others were primarily behind
the cause of violence in families.
She commended the Anambra
State command of the national drug law enforcement agency, NDLEA for their
proactiveness in tackling drug related issues in the state.
A guest lecturer to the
event, traditional ruler of Ifitedunu community in Anambra State, His Royal
Highness, Dr Emeka Ilouno, a renowned medical doctor and Chief Medical director
of Madonna Hospitals took guests on a lecture on Cervical, Breast and prostrate
cancers.
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