The expectation of most parents is that when they attain certain ages that they can no longer fend for themselves, their children will be there to provide the necessary support.
But for aged siblings- Ibijoke Apena and Janeth Eruwayo- who are living in a dingy one-room apartment, their case is a different kettle of fish. They have been abandoned by their children and relations.
At 8, Amusan Street, Rogo, along Iju-Ishaga Road, Lagos State, where they live, the two sisters have become nuisance to other tenants. Though they are from Jakpa in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, they have spent more than 60 years outside Delta. Their condition of living is simply appalling as where they defecate, urinate and do so many things is where they eat and sleep.
The odour oozing out of their room has become a source of concern to co-tenants who now avoid them like plague.
When PUNCH Metro visited them in their apartment, odour from their apartment filled the entire place, causing people around to throw up.
A co-tenant, who did not want his name mentioned, said the octogenarians had “great children” but wondered why they had been left alone.
“I still cannot fathom why they abandoned their mothers. Some of the children I had cause to speak with sometime did not want to hear anything about them. One simply told me: ‘If they die, let us know. We will give them decent burial’.”
Another tenant, who also craved anonymity, said some of their children were in Lagos but they did not want to see them.
She said, “One of the children of Apena in Lagos is a multi-millionaire. He lives in Iju area. Any time you talk about the women, he shuts down.
“He always told us to leave them to their fate. He even told me that he would not visit the place until they die. I find it difficult to figure out what is wrong.
I expect there is more to this story that meets the eye, could it be a case of aged parental abandonment for fear of witchcraft? Hmm food for thought.
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