No
fewer than 70 beggars and the homeless were on Wednesday dumped at the Upper
Iweka Bridge, Onitsha, Anambra State.
Agents
of the Lagos State Government reportedly brought the destitute to Onitsha.
The
destitute told journalists that they were dumped about 3am at Upper Iweka after
being detained in Ikorodu, Lagos, for over six months for alleged wandering and
other minor offences by the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline officials.
The
destitute said they were brought to Onitsha in four buses, escorted by riot
policemen.
One
of them, Mr. Osondu Mbuto, from Ohaozara in Ebonyi State and a petty trader in
Lagos, said he was arrested by the Lagos State Government officials while going
to his shop on December 18, 2012.
Mbuto
added that the Lagos State Government officials were in company with some
policemen.
The
Chairman of Nigeria Red Cross Society in the South-East, Dr. Peter Katchy,
described the action of the Lagos State officials as condemnable.