Esther Odozi
In a desperate attempt to draw attention
to her misfortune, Esther Odozi, 21, bared her breasts on Monday on the
premises of Ikeja Magistrate’s Court as she protested against hunger
that was “killing her and the five children” she left back home in Agbor
Owanta, Delta State.
Odozi laid half-naked on a
road in the
court shouting, “Hunger, hunger. Government must do something today. I
have not received anything from the plenty crude oil money government is
spending in our state. Nigerians are wicked.”
She impeded movement on the premises.
Passersby were astonished. One of them, who did not state her name but
said she was a lawyer, told our correspondent that Odozi abused the
“temple of womanhood.”
Odozi shunned passersby who shouted at
her to cover herself as she rolled on the ground. She revealed wounds on
her left leg and the right side of her hips; she said she was hit by a
car. She refused a N500 given to her by a passerby, saying, “I don’t
want your money. I want Fashola to give me N200, 000.”
She said, “I will not leave this court without seeing N200,000 to start
business. I want to sell melon and garri. Tell Emmanuel Uduaghan, the
governor of my state, and the Federal Government to do something about
my condition. They must give me part of the petrol money. I must take
care of my five children.”
She said she was directed by an official of Human Rights Commission in her state to come to Lagos that she would get help.
When she was asked that as a young woman, didn’t she feel ashamed to
bare her breast? She answered, “I don’t have anything and I don’t have
anything to hide anymore.”
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Na wa oo! This matter pass me oo.
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Heavenly father,,,,am speechless. Can we all say that this is the result of corruption and poverty manifesting in our land? This is pathetic.
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