A middle-aged man,
identified as Mallam Yusuf Bala, on Sunday at Singer Market, Fagge Local
Government Area of Kano State forfeited his five-year-old son for a bag of
rice.
According to an
eyewitness account, Bala approached the rice dealer, Alhaji Suleiman Bagudu, to
buy a bag of rice, which he carried home but left his son, with a promise to
rush home to bring the money for the foodstuff.
This, he said, was
because the money on him was not enough to pay for the bag of rice, selling for
N14,000 per 50kg bag.
However, six hours
after, the said man failed to show up as promised to settle the rice dealer and
collect his son.
According to the
source, the rice dealer became suspicious, following the Bala’s prolonged
absence, a situation that prompted the trader to interrogate the toddler he
left behind.
On interrogation, the
five-year-old boy innocently led the rice dealer to their home, located at the
abattoir area of Koki in Dala Local Government Area of the state.
Despite expressing
embarrassment when the rice dealer arrived his home, alongside his child, Bala
openly confessed that he was financially handicapped, hence his unbecoming
conduct by abandoning his son as a last resort.
Shortly after listening
to Bala’s explanation, the rice dealer donated the bag of rice to him and
handed over the boy to his father.
-Punch
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