Found this story on a social network and had to post it. Gone are the days most people drink garri (cassava cereal) with milk in Nigeria, now some people swap their children for a taste of it.
"Some days ago in Ilesha, the hometown of Governor Aregbesola, a mother of six exchanged one of the children; the most senior, for a basket of Garri in the most tragic manner.
She travelled a long distance from her home to another part of the town to buy garri and after turning the product into her own bucket, she pretended she left the money at home.
She pleaded with the garri seller to allow her rush home to bring the money. She left with her garri to bring the money but left her daughter behind, maybe as collateral.
Long waiting turned into frustration for the garri seller, more with the fear of the child left behind as she might be accuse of kidnapping. She then invited the police into the matter.
The police succeeded in tracing the eloped garri buyer to her house with the help of the daughter she left behind. The police met her, with the remaining five children, feeding on the garri.
Without questions, the woman explained what she did, saying that “we have not eaten anything in this house for days and I had to do something to avert death for all of us hence the trick”.
She even added that she left the most senior behind deliberately because “she would be able to trace her way back home, as none of the junior ones could do that”.
She then pleaded with the policemen to allow the senior daughter “joined us to eat because she equally has not eaten for days before you take me away to your station”.
Report had it that both the policemen and the garri-seller left the place weeping; without any arrest or even asking for the money of the garri".
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This story is really depressing and sad that While some are enjoying affluence, others are swimming in abject poverty with no hope.
That is why in every situation, one must thank God as others have it terribly worse.
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