This elderly woman was picked up by a compassionate woman named Iyabode Adisa Ayokunle, who saw her lying on the ground along Abisogun Leigh Street just by Zenith Bank at Aguda Bustop in Ogba, Lagos. Here is Iyabode's account of how she met the old woman...
"Today something happened on my way home from work. I was driving thru Abisogun Leigh Street just by Zenith Bank at Aguda Bstop in Ogba when I saw a woman lying by the side of the road.
People didn't want to go near her everybody minding their business. I parked my car and walked over to her. Asked her a few questions . She was obviously quite weak and didn't seem to know where she was coming from or where she was going.
Two guys also came over and helped carry her to a safer spot. Then we bought her water, malt and rice. She gulped down the malt hurriedly and threw up all she drank. We started calling 112 the no for the Lagos State Emmergency Services.
They said someone would come to carry her . I made a call to someone close to The Govt. The ambulance came at 8.05pm. About 90 mins after the calls were made. The ambulance attendants took a cursory look at the woman from afar and said they will call social services to come carry her. That this wasn't their bit. They hadn't even examined or spoken to her. I was enraged along with the other bystanders who stood to see that help comes the way of this woman.
I threatened to call the Governor and started taking their pics with my phone. Then they asked us to calm down and interrogated the weak woman for another gruelling 40 mins before they took her into their ambulance.
U would think these women were soldiers who had captured a BH suspect. The woman seems to have some form of Amnesia as she doesn't know her full address. She gave her name as Mary Thompson from Calabar. Attached is her pic. The only thought that occured to me when I stopped was that she is someone's mother. I am.posting her pic here just in case someone knows her here. She is now in the custody of the Lagos State Ambulance Services.
That person who picked the old woman is a real good helper. Lol
ReplyDeleteOhh her family no wan claim am bah? tomorrow when they clean her up, one stupid relative will come and take picture with her and shine teeth. .Make i catch that person first
ReplyDeleteHope her family come for her
ReplyDeleteNa wah o
ReplyDeleteHmmmm,elderly woman for that matter.
ReplyDeleteIt is well with her. Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteHmm... If she was dying this is what the emergency service would have done.
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ReplyDeleteEhyaaa..
ReplyDeleteEnugu's second shoe designer
Eyaa,May God bless u for this,I pray her children locate her.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much and God will abundantly make Himself available to you in time of need.
ReplyDeleteBut for you and the other bystanders, she would have been abandoned by the so-called Emergency staff of Lagos State Government.
Thanks madam and God would surely bless and reward you and those two guys...feel like crying when I remember my late mum.yes she must be someone else's mother.
ReplyDeleteThe funniest thing is dat she could be a witch that got struck by the power of God maybe while coming or going for meeting! God forgive me ooooo! Jst saying.
ReplyDeleteNope!
ReplyDeleteEayah
ReplyDeleteIt is well!!
ReplyDeleteWow, ds is sm1's mama and grandma
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She wil b see b her people in IJN.
DeleteGod bless u maam
DeleteU will also receive help
#spritual
Linda up disowned ur aunt now bcs ure rich now ba???
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May the almighty God direct ur people to u in Jesus name.amen!
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Pls help should go for her...
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Nice one Iyabode.
ReplyDeleteMy sister may God bless u and your family, one Nigeria one nation we stand!!!my name is moses solomon from akwa ibom state, I we also post this too my facebook wall too for help.
ReplyDeleteNa wah... dee
ReplyDeleteGod bless you for the kind gestures, may your light shine forth in obscure darkness, may God undertake for you and all yours and do for you what you cannot do for yourself in Jesus name. the the kindhearted helper. You are the best among us all who failed our older citizens
ReplyDeleteI never know there are till some good Nigeria's
ReplyDeletePls help should go to her. Linda observe!
ReplyDeleteShe's been identified and returned to her family....stale news Linda.
ReplyDeleteLord pls may her family find her soon
ReplyDeleteLooks like one Efe I know mother
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Nigerian social and welfare services industry urgently needs re-orientation or how can one explain emergency service personnel who is suppose to understand the job designation acting like a force personnel. Millions of lives are lost as a result of the negligence or lack of orientation of these set of people.
ReplyDeleteBless you my sister, i hope we will all look after the vulnerable instead of calling them witches and flying birds!!!!
ReplyDeleteJust hope she finds her family
ReplyDeleteNoted, God help her
ReplyDeleteNice job madam maybe God bless ur heart
ReplyDeleteNwanne Mmadu Chukwu Gozie gi o.
ReplyDeleteThank u Sis. May u fimd help at the time of need.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you for the love you have shown.
ReplyDeleteI keep saying having facilities or amenities in place is no just enough,it's getting the right and adequate resources for the job. If you had not made a fuss with the ambulance service staff,i bet you they would have left the lady there unattended.
People need to be trained especially those in the health sector. You should see the way they attend to patients,some times i think they do more damage than good to patients.
God bless you n u will never lack help IJN, Amen.
ReplyDeleteEyahhh...thanks for the info
ReplyDeleteVery noble of you ma God graciously reward u.
ReplyDeleteVery noble of you ma God graciously reward u.
ReplyDeletethank God for that woman, make the all might God connect every one of us to my help, in Jesus name amen,
ReplyDeletethank God for that woman, make the all might God connect every one of us to my help, in Jesus name amen,
ReplyDeleteI pray her people should find her.
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