Man ties his 7 children to wheel- barrow, solicits for b.

 Palpable confusion reigned in Owerri,
yesterday, as a father tied his seven children,
including his triplet, to a wheel-barrow and was
heading to an unknown destination before officials of
Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development
intervened. Vanguard investigations revealed that the 44-year-old
man, Israel Dike,  is a native of Odenkume, Obowo
Local Government Aarea of Imo State, but resides in
Ugwu Ekwema, Egbu Road, Owerri.
The children’s hands were securely tied to a
wheelbarrow while the man was soliciting for buyers for the children, saying he was fed up with his
dwindling economic fortunes. A staff of the ministry told Vanguard: “Following a tip
off, a high powered team led by the Commissioner for
Women Affairs, Mrs. Nma Onyechere, quickly went
and rescued the children.”
Apart from disclosing that he planned selling some of
them with a view to enabling him take proper care of others, Dike equally lamented that Governor Rochas
Okorocha put him in the mess he has found himself
today. “Owelle Okorocha is the cause of what I am passing
through today. He made me a promise in the past and
has failed to redeem it till today,” Dike said.
Speaking to newsmen at the scene, the
commissioner described Dike as a “depressed man,
who is mentally deranged.” While urging Dike’s wife to go for family planning, the
commissioner equally promised that government
would carefully ascertain the level of the man’s
mental problem.
Answering a question, Mrs. Onyechere said the
ministry would find a way of giving out the children to foster parents with a view to ensuring adequate care
and their education.

Naij