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ABUJA BEGGAR HADIZA IBRAHIM ARRESTED WITH N500,000, $100

 

Abuja 'die hard' beggar Hadiza Ibrahim arrested with N500k, $100

Abuja beggar, Hadiza Ibrahim arrested with N500,000 and 100 dollars.

Abuja beggar, Hadiza Ibrahim arrested with N500,000 and 100 dollars.

A 48-year-old die-hard beggar in Abuja, Hadiza Ibrahim, has been arrested with the sum of N500,000 and 100 dollars found in her possession.

Malam Sani Amar, the Director, Social Welfare Services, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) told journalists that Ibrahim, an indigene of Kaduna State is one of the die-hard beggars in FCT

He said she has been apprehended by the secretariat’s taskforce many times.

The director accused the beggar of accumulating money she realised from begging over the years without investing it.

Amar said, “It was very fortunate that on Feb. 9, Ibrahim was apprehended among other beggars on Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent in Wuse II.

“In all honesty, we never knew that she has such amount of money on her.

What we normally do whenever we apprehend people we search them thoroughly to ensure that they do not carry any object that can harm them or our staff.

“Then, we profile them to know where they come from and what they are doing apart from begging.’’

According to the director, from our assessment within a decade that we have been apprehending Ibrahim, she seems to be socially deformed not mentally.

“She knows what she is doing, she can differentiate between right and wrong,’’ he said.

Amar described Ibrahim as “economical saboteur’’.

“There are many people looking for 10 per cent of what she has as capital to do a business that would sustain them without resorting to begging.

But she is here with N500,000 plus 100 dollars notes which is N57,000 equivalent yet not investing it and still pretending to be poor beggar who has nothing to eat.

“So, in our own way as social councilors, we will subject her to psychosocial therapy because she has social deformity,’’ he said.

Amar said that the woman would be subjected to a condition to make her to realise that she “is physically fit, mentally alert to do certain things for herself without resorting to begging’’.

The director maintained that the money belonged to her.

According to him, the FCT Vocational and Rehabilitation Centre at Bwari Area Council will rehabilitate her.

Earlier, the beggar told NAN that she had been begging on the street of Abuja for the past 10 years.

“I used to come out daily from 4 p.m. to 11p.m. to beg for money around Wuse II and Maitama. Sometimes rich people around the area give me N5,000 or N10,000 and even dollars.

“If I get huge amount of money, I will travel to my hometown, Kwanan Danja in Zaria, Kaduna state and when the money is finished I will come back.

“The day I was apprehended with the money, I came out with it to buy kitchen utensils for my daughter who will be getting married very soon.

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