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Friday, December 30, 2011

Boko Haram: The Sultan is right!

IN the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
The need has come to tackle the issue of terrorism with all the strength and might of government since it is the duty of government to protect the lives and property of its citizenry.  The security of man and woman irrespective of religious, tribal and social sentiment is a fundamental responsibility of the government and it must pull all stops to ensure that people live without fear of harassment. 
It is unfortunate that fanatical Muslims (we are made to believe so) do one evil or the other in the name  of Islam. The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Sa'ad Abubakar has said it, they are not Muslims. But we will continue to say it loud and clear that these people do not represent Islam, neither do their gruesome acts express the ordinance of Allah or betoken the practice of Prophet Muhammad or better still the agreement of most Muslims in a given society.  These actions could be either politically motivated or to pursue  ulterior motives of individuals or group.  Fortunately, the Qur’an is one and no verse of it encourages killing of fellow human being and destruction of properties for admittance into paradise.  The interpretation of the verse(s) which non Muslims are quick to quote is basically for defence justified by the circumstances which the verse was revealed and situation of earliest Muslims at that time.  when the infidels struck to attack the Muslims in an attempt to wipe out Islam.   But today, it has been so misinterpreted to suit the interest of the interpreter. 
The point is that anyone that goes about killing in the name of God does that for his selfish interest and  not of the religion.  It is an ideologue which cannot be made to bear on the faith that discourages it.   Several evidences abound that pontificate 'no compulsion' in religion.  In fact no religion accepts that.  As I was writing this piece, I received news of the arrest of one Emmanuel Ekan for attempting to bomb a Church in Yenagoa. The suspect who was described as an ex-convict was found with some grenades in his bag.  Report says he was stopped by vigilant Church members and handed over to the SSS.  If the suspect had succeeded, who would have believed it was not done by a fanatical Muslim.  It is a pointer to the fact that there is more to the spate of  bombing of places of worship in the country.  It is a challenge for the government and the security operatives to unearth and uncover those who are behind these acts before some people draw illogical conclusion that it is a religious war or on some sects of people.  
In spite of all the condemnation and comments by Muslims scholars in the country and world over on the attacks allegedly said to have been launched by Muslims or groups,  people still adduce their subjective notions about Islam as being supportive of terrorism, irrespective of the obvious teachings of Islam that preaches peace and encourage peaceful co-existence. The matter is made worse by the group (Boko Haram) which many people see as a Islamic sect.
Muslims scholars in the country have continued to condemn the insurgence of Boko Haram in the country.  Sermon, lectures and papers have been delivered and published in the media to elucidate on the position of Islam against terrorism, yet subjective approximations and opinions abound.
Islam has prohibited everything that may pose threat to social harmony, cause breach of peace or may endanger peace and security of the citizenry.  Islamic laws stand for maintenance of peace and prevention of riots and disturbances. Islam strives for elimination of oppression, rioting or anything which adversely affects the culture and civilization of a country.  Terrorism ruptures social peace and Islam forbids it. It desires peace, tranquility and social harmony. Acts of terrorism destroy the moral principles, meant for the welfare of human beings. That is a crime against humanity and God and has no place in a religion like Islam.  Any group or individual who hold different position cannot be said to represent Islam. Chikena!

Several attacks have been carried out in recent time, yet government has not been able to uncover the  perpetrators. It will be interesting to know those who are behind these devilish acts. 
Any terrorist activity, which targets innocent persons, is against the concept of divine compassion and peace in Islam. That point has been elucidated from different angles by different scholars. Islam views any human act that violates divine compassion or peace with great contempt and derision. According to a famous tradition of the Prophet (s.a.w), he described all creatures as the ‘family of Allah’ and has instructed that they should be treated well. ‘He is the most beloved of Allah, who treats His family well. One who is kind to others is qualified for Divine Compassion. The Qur’an makes it very clear, “My Mercy extendeth to all things. “ (Surah Al A ‘raf, verse 156)
A climate of anarchy violates Divine Compassion and blessings of the Prophet (s.a.w).
Islam presents the best practical  model of tolerance. It is therefore a baseless fabrication that Islam is not disposed to tolerating people belonging to other creeds, ideologies and religions or supportive of violence.  The history of Islam offers models of religious tolerance and best treatment of persons belonging to different era.  Go back to history, Islam did not initiate a war against non-Muslims even when they had the opportunity. All the wars led by the prophet were launched by unbelievers against Islam and Muslims.  The prophet led the wars purely in defense and preservation of the faith.  Islam does not teach that  persons holding different creeds and ideas be eliminated. It aims to create suitable atmosphere for the principle “live and let live.”
Suratu-l-Kafiroon  makes it clear, Lakumdinukum, waliyadeen “To you be your Way, and to me mine.” La ikhra fi-deen  “Let there be no compulsion in religion. “ (Suratul- Baqarah, verse 256).
Nobody should be compelled to adopt Islam.   That is the teachings of Islam.  Any thing contrary is untrue about Islam and is unacceptable.

A Pregnant Virgin? 18yr-old-girl sexually assaulted, pregnant, yet a virgin

A teenage girl whose virginity was said to be intact after being tested positive of pregnancy test is in a dilemma between what seems to be a blessing and a curse. Her story thoguh is far from the Biblical narrative of the Virgin Mary, neither is it a satire of some sort but a result of sexual assault by a close relation which allegedly left her hymen intact but caused a pregnancy to occur. Apart from the huge controversy surrounding the possibility of the girl retaining her virginity after the sexual assault that put her in the family way, the deed was said to have been done by her own second cousin. An incest you'd say and abomination according to culture and tradition.
Chinelo, a small, fair-complexioned young girl darting nervously between the floor and her hands as she speaks narrated to Saturday Vanguard how her second cousin, Onyeka, put her in the family way. She said she had gone to her Mother's cousins house in Ihiala, Anambra state for her JAMB exams and had slept on the same bed with her second Onyeka, (her second cousin) woke up late that fateful morning found herself wet with semen. According to her she asked Onyeka who waived it off as nothing important. With naivety, she accepted it and moved on. “I woke very late, very dizzy even his mother noticed and asked me whether I was feeling alright that morning. I told her I was okay but when I went to the bathroom, I discovered I was wet but did not feel any pain. I asked him but he smiled and waived it off. I did not disclose to anybody, I just cleaned up. I finished my mensuration five days before then. I also wrote my NECO there but left after a week I finished my exams. I went back to Onitsha, and on the 27th of July came to Lagos to my sister's house. There I missed my period, I told her and she advised that we should wait for some days saying it might be a shift.” she said.
Chinelo,...Raped and impregnated by her own cousin
After a long wait, the situation remained the same with symptoms of pregnancy manifesting in full force. “A month later, I felt sick, my sister and I thought it was malaria. But what later convinced my sister was when I started vomiting. Our neighbour advised we should go to the hospital, my sister obliged and we went to General Hospital, Aguda. They even gave money for the test. It was on Sunday but the Lab personnel did not come and we returned home and went back the following day. A test was conducted and we waited for about 30 minutes when the result came out. They wrote malaria not seen and pregnancy positive. While waiting, my sister had also taken her sick daughter to see a doctor. I approached a woman sitting close to me to explain the result to me and she looked at me and asked whose result was it, saying it indicates pregnancy. When my sister came I gave it to her and she asked how come I became pregnant. I told her I don't know that I don't have a boyfriend. She took me to a their head nurse who also is a counselor. She tried to convince me but maintained my position knowing it was the truth. They decided to take a virginity test on me with the aid of a machine. The result came out and it was confirmed that I am still virgin,” she narrated.
The pressure became intense on how the pregnancy came about. They medical team and her sister probed further and Chinelo broke the ice saying: “I remembered the incident in my aunt's house and I asked whether if someone is wet without making love can result into pregnancy, they asked me who was with me and I told them how I saw myself wet that morning when I woke up. I further told them how I drank the juice and slept off. I did not know what happened again.
The medical team and her sister concluded that pregnancy could occur without a penetrative intercourse since her virginity is intact. But Chinelo said she had no idea of how it happened as she suspected she must have been drugged with the juice drink she was served which she took after dinner.
Chinelo said in a raspy voice, pausing briefly looking down again, before continuing,: “They asked me to call him and tell him the situation to know his reaction. I did and I threatened I was going to tell everybody what he did if he did not tell me the truth. He rather pleaded that he would call me back. He immediately sent a text massage to me recommending some drugs to terminate the pregnancy asking me to go get it and take it immediately. I called him back asking him if he did not know anything about why he sent such message to me? I later got to know that everybody in the family took him on and he confessed to have done it.
Since then, he stopped picking my call until last two weeks when I called him accusing him causing my problem.”
She stated that it was not the first time she would sleep on the same bed with Onyeka but insisted she did not know how he did it adding that she could have been drugged with the juice he bought because she had never slept the way she did that night.
The young girl who had already gained admission to study Mass communication at Delta State university, Abraka, Delta State would have to suspend her quest for further study at the university pending the delivery of the baby sometime in March 2012, all things being equal.
She however explained that the incident was too painful to contemplate but she had forgiven him, and would relate with him well anytime they meet again. Her words: “Forgiveness is of the Lord, I have already forgiven him. Recently some people were of the view that I should call him with another number and reign curses on him but I said no. So also, when some of my brothers decided to involve the police, my mother also objected saying they should allow the sleeping dog lie. Even if I see him anywhere I will relate with him well, I have forgiven him,” she said as her words fall over each other in a fight to assemble.
The overwhelmed young girl is currently taking refuge at the Tamar Rescue Foundation, Lagos, a non-governmental organisation that sensitizes young girls on the menace of sexual abuse and rape and offers advice to victims, mentors them through lectures, seminars and empowerment programs.
Mrs Ugo Onwuraokoye the founder of the foundation, an Igbo also from Anambra state, said: “In Igboland, such incest is termed as alu (abomination) and I understand the young man who did this is having problems with his business and his whole life just because this is an abomination. This is incest and because it is an abomination, it has its own curses.”
She disclosed that Chinelo would have to be with her pending the delivery of the baby. “They brought her to me and I have to accept the challenge because that is what my ministry Tamar Rescue Foundation is all about. Her story will teach others some lessons because some don't know that playing around even without penetration can result into pregnancy because sperm swims. It is one of the miracle becoming a pregnant virgin. Her admission is through but she cannot go back to school now until she delivers the baby. She will be here with us and after the delivery, Tamar Rescue will adopt the baby and she will continue with her studies,” Onwuraokoye said.
Despite the fact that other people are doing something on rape, it is not enough. Everyday a child is being raped. Since I started I have only been able to go 80 schools to sensitize them. Like the case of this girl, it is as a result of sheer ignorance, she didn't know and it occurred five days after her menstrual period. Again, granted that it happened, immediately there is a drug you can take to prevent pregnancy and of course sexual transmitted diseases within 24 hours. If she had been aware, she would have talked to an adult and immediately, something would have been done and she would not have been in this dilemma.
Right now, she may not understand the full implication, right now, she can't go to school, her admission is out but she cant go until after she delivers the baby and other distractions that will follow it. By January 10, she will be six months gone in this pregnancy and yet she has not started anti-natal classes. She has not started that because there is no money, they just brought her to me. And as it is, the parents are trying to be careful because in Igboland, this is an abomination. This is a shame. You see everyday this is happening and my heart aches because parents and children are acting in ignorance. I cannot allow my daughter to go to my sister's house where I know my sister has a grown up son and sleep in the same room. I cant allow that because I am aware.”
Maintaining that Sexual abuse and rape happen everyday, she advised that parents should always teach their children ways of avoiding this vices, adding that some parents want their daughters to look trendy allowing them to wear cloths that expose their bodies, noting that the heart evil men around is thinking a different thing; they are not looking at the young girl as a child but as a woman.

What experts say about her virginity intact

It is not possible!--- Dr. Akeem Agboola of Life Fountain Clinic, Lagos
We only have one virgin Mary and I don't know about any other. Girls come here with such claim and by the time you test them, you will discover that it is all lies. For me until you confirm from the doctor who tested her virginity, I can't believe the story. If she's pregnant and claims to have been raped, it means that there was penetration. I also don't believe that pregnancy can occur by mere playing around the virgina without penetration because there must have been a penetration before an ejaculation and the sperm will locate where the cervica opening is and locate where the egg is before there can be pregnancy. In the absence of this, sombody claiming that sperm was splashed on the virgin or something, and resulted in preganacy, I wont accept that.

Yes! It's possible --- Prof. Oladapo Ashiru of Medical Art Centre, Maryland, Lagos
It is possible. The Virgina is not a big passage, it is like a hole and anything can go through, sperm can also go through. If she is at the peak, it is possible without penetration though it requires a little bit of penetration and that also can still leave the hymen unbroken. So, it is possible the hymen is still there.

Ugo Onwuraokoye...We'll take care of her and the baby
A further research on the issue revealed that one does not have to get involved into a sexual activity or intercourse, to be precise, for getting pregnant. All that is required is for impregnation is the sperms of a male partner that swim up to the vaginal opening and seek entry. Most sperms are not capable of doing this, since they cannot survive in the atmospheric temperature. But some viable and strong ones do it. Such chances are, of course, slim, yet possible is everything. Also, if there is intentional sexual activity, but without penetration, then the released sperms can find some medium to reach up the female vagina and begin to act. Since, signs of pregnancy are seen in later months after having the impregnating intercourse, there is no way of recognizing that a female has become pregnant without losing her virginity. It is simple. If the ejaculation of a female’s male sexually partner reaches her vagina, though there had no penetration taken place, then she can get pregnant and remain a virgin.

One more reason for appearance of cases of females getting pregnant, without losing their virginity, is the artificial insemination technique. Many females try artificial insemination when their sexual attempts to give birth to a baby are unsuccessful. Some do it before even trying the intercourse because of fear and pain. If artificial insemination can result in pregnancy, then it is possible that pregnancy can occur without penetration. Artificial insemination is nothing but injecting a sperm into a female vagina.
A sperm can live up to 24 hours after it is ejaculated out of the male body and before it begins its action of hatching the female egg. If, within these 24 hours it reaches inside a female vagina and begins its job, then there are quite favorable chances that she would get pregnant, though her virginity is intact. Thus, just being virgin does not guarantee one of a ‘no’ on pregnancy reports. But rather than that, follow the simple rule of never bringing the male genital organs near a female's, if you really do not want to face an unwanted pregnancy, especially a virgin one.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

SocietyGist: Its judgement day! 70 fall as Nigerian Idol presen...

SocietyGist: Its judgement day! 70 fall as Nigerian Idol presen...: It was an unusual blend of fantastic music and nail biting suspense as Nigerian idol aired its group stages in the fantastic Christmas editi...

SocietyGist: Its judgement day! 70 fall as Nigerian Idol presen...

SocietyGist: Its judgement day! 70 fall as Nigerian Idol presen...: It was an unusual blend of fantastic music and nail biting suspense as Nigerian idol aired its group stages in the fantastic Christmas editi...

SocietyGist: Its judgement day! 70 fall as Nigerian Idol presen...

SocietyGist: Its judgement day! 70 fall as Nigerian Idol presen...: It was an unusual blend of fantastic music and nail biting suspense as Nigerian idol aired its group stages in the fantastic Christmas editi...

Its judgement day! 70 fall as Nigerian Idol presents spectacular christmas show

It was an unusual blend of fantastic music and nail biting suspense as Nigerian idol aired its group stages in the fantastic Christmas edition that aired last weekend. Now in its 6th and 7th episodes, the popular show presented to viewers the elimination of the top 100 contestants as they were pruned to 30 in a keenly contested series of performances.
“The group stages are always a mixture of emotions,” explained Director Peter Bode. “It is sad to see a lot of these talents go because they represent the best 100 from around the country, it is however rewarding to see the joy on the faces of those who have made it. In the end, the toughest and the most talented make the top 30 in the competition.”
The competition started with group performances from the top 100 contestants who split up into groups of three and four. After the group performances, the judges had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to the contestants who had to go home. Judge Yinka Davies was almost in tears as she announced some of the groups that made it into the top 40. But the competition was not over yet; this time, the top 40 had to perform duets in groups of 20. Finally, the judges selected their top 30 while the 10 who did not scale through had to leave. It was a very excited 30 contestants who sang, danced, prayed and shed tears of joy at their achievement.
The 7th episode fell on Christmas day and the talented contestants treated viewers to a very soulful and powerful rendition of popular Christmas carol ‘Jingle Bells’ at the grand Nigerian Idol stage.
This Friday, the battle is on in Nigerian Idol as 30 of Nigeria’s most talented young musicians slug it out in front of a live studio audience. The Nigerian Idol top 30 will take the competition to the next level as they fight for the chance to make it to the next stage as top 10 finalists. The show will end in April 2012 when a new Nigerian Idol is crowned at a glamorous closing gala. Yeka Onka is the season one winner and she joins a bevy of other Idol greats worldwide including Timi Dakolo, Jordin Sparks and Ruben Stoddard.

Christmas Day bombings: Sultan reacts

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan met the country’s main Muslim spiritual leader Tuesday after Christmas Day attacks blamed on Islamists that killed 40, including worshipers as they left church.
Bomb blast sympathisers at the scene of the blast in Madalla, Niger State
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, made no comment as he entered Jonathan’s official residence on Tuesday afternoon.
Muslim leaders have come under pressure to take a more active role in seeking to stop attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram, which claimed responsibility for the Christmas violence.
The sultan’s Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs issued a statement condemning the attacks.
“Security agencies must fish out the perpetrators of these dastardly acts and make them face the wrath of the law, regardless of their status, so as to serve as deterrent to others,” the statement said.
The council added that authorities “also must take proactive measures to nip in the bud the re-occurrence of such dastardly acts before they happen in order to create a sense of security and safety in the citizenry.”
Nigeria has seen scores of attacks claimed by Boko Haram, but some analysts said the Christmas bombings marked a dangerous escalation in a country divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south.
The deadliest of the Christmas violence was a bomb attack at a Roman Catholic church outside the capital Abuja as worshippers were leaving a mass, with at least 35 killed there.
Jonathan, a Christian from the south, has faced major opposition in the north of Africa’s most populous nation.

SocietyGist: Miracle birth woman, 'Mummy P' set for baby no 10

SocietyGist: Miracle birth woman, 'Mummy P' set for baby no 10: Precious Ogbonna a.k.a Mummy P The striking story of Precious Donatus Ogbonna, the miracle birth woman who is yet holding to her claim ...

Miracle birth woman, 'Mummy P' set for baby no 10

Precious Ogbonna  a.k.a Mummy P
The striking story of Precious Donatus Ogbonna, the miracle birth woman who is yet  holding to her claim of delivering eight babies without undergoing the normal gestation period in child bearing is becoming very endless. The newest of the tale is that she said she is ready to deliver another baby making the number 9 in 18 months.  This is coming about three months after she got the eightth baby at Rose native maternity home in Port Harcourt in a manner that failed to prove the veracity of her story.  If she makes do her claim, she would have had nine babies in 18 months nine months after she lost her first baby Amarachi who died five days after she was born.  Precious Ogbonna is currently standing trial on child trafficking and related offenses at the Owerri, Magistrate Court.
Mummy P,  Pastor and General overseer of Christ Salvation Ministry, Owerri, made this revelation while speaking with SocietyGist few days ago. She disclosed that she felt some movement in her stomach and went to a native maternity home where it was said she will soon have a baby. According to her, she stressed that it was detected that the baby in her womb had the umbilical cord round him making normal delivery difficult, adding that she had been placed on drugs and injection to ease the problem while also expecting to deliver the tenth in the series soon. 
“First, I want to correct the error in your last publication that I had delivered baby no 8, it is not the eight baby but the nineth.  You did not count the first one that died few days after she was bon. So, it was the nineth and not the eight.  But now I am about to deliver the tenth.  Like I told you in the previous interview when you asked me whether I will still deliver another one, if you will remember, I said I did not know that I just gave birth.  But I know that God promised me ten babies.
"Shortly after that time I have been having contraction.  I went to another maternity home, and it was discovered not only that I have another baby but also that the baby was carrying his umbilical cord and this could lead to caesarean section which I dont want.”
She added that “They have given me drugs and injection pending another check-up date which is Thursday December 29.” 
When we sought to know why she refused to go to a conventional hospital to prove the veracity of her story especially after the previous ones have failed to convinced majority of people following her story, she said the choice of where to deliver her baby is exclusive hers and careless about  people doubting her story. 
“It is not a conventional hospital but a maternity located in the outskirt of Owerri, There is freedom of choice to go deliver where I want and where I feel the baby and I will be safe.  I’ll give you an instance of my younger sister who was pregnant and had the umbilical cord round the baby making it difficult to deliver the baby the normal way, she had a cesarean section but that also was in United States. I dont want that.” she said.   
You will recall that a DNA was sponsored by Vanguard on her and all the seven babies, and  it was revealed that Precious Ogbonna was not the biological mother of the babies.  In fact, it further revealed that none of the babies had the same maternity.  Further to our investigation, several native  maternity homes where pregnancies were framed and fake deliveries carried out were reported by Saturday Vanguard.  It was established that Precious got her babies from two of these homes, namely, Nurse Blessings’ home located on Ohonda close, in Rukpakulsi, PortHarourt where she got five of the babies and Rose clinic, Oyigbo, Porthacourt, Rivers State, where she got two. At the last purported delivery at Rose clinic on 21-22nd September, no third party was allowed to witnessed the delivery inspite of the controversy trailing the precious deliveries. Note even the female members of her church who followed her to the clinic to witness the delivery was allowed into the labour room in the three bed-room flat clinic.
This time, she hinted that she has chosen another native maternity home in the outskirt of Owerri for the delivery of the baby. “I decided to go to another home because the former home would not accept me having had deliveries there. In fact the publicity this issue has given me is another problem because they don't want to be involved in the controversy.  I did not even tell the new home my real identity for fear of being rejected,” she said.
She continued that this time, she would invite every body to witness the delivery to prove her story, adding that  “I’m going to discuss with the home to allow female journalists into the labour room to witness the delivery,” she said. 


Three babies still missing?
Following Precious Ogbonna arrest last May and taken into police custody over child trafficking and related offences, the seven miracle babies were kept at RedCross orphanage in Owerri. Since then, SocietyGist have been monitoring events in the home.  Few weeks after, one of the babies was alleged dead while three others were taken away from the home to an unknown place, leaving three .  Police have refused to comment on the issue.
When Saturday Vanguard visited the home, only three of the babies were found and the situation remained the same when we visited again recently to see if there was any new development. At the home which has four rows of about 15 baby cots had 10 babies between the age of 0-2years.
Staff of the home declined comment on the whereabouts of other Precious Ogbonna’s babies. But an inside source claimed the Police took them away. Further investigations revealed that they were being kept in another welfare home in Owerri.
Now, where are the babies who were said to have been taken away from RedCross Orphanage about three four months ago? Are they alive? How are they faring? The entire story is becoming unending as issues about the welfare of the babies are revibrating.
Just few days ago, the acclaimed mother of the babies, Precious Ogbonna said the babies Conqueror, 19months; Chizitere, 18months; and Fineseed, 15 months; (females) have not been returned, leaving only Ekpereamaka, 16months; Flourish, 12months; and Ebenezer, 8months (males) in the home. She stressed that security reasons were cited by a police source just as she wonderd why they would have to be kept apart.
When contacted on phone, the ACP State CID, Owerri, Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu also declined comment. When asked whether the babies are still in their custody, he said: “the case is in court and I can’t comment on it.” But where are the three babies? Why are they being kept apart and why are others still being kept at Redcross orphanage if truly those were the reasons?
The home which has other babies in its care depends largely on donations and gifts by members of the public who ocassionaly visit the home.  Besides, a source maintained that gifts and donations no matter how little are being recorded immediately they acknowledged it. When SocietyGist visited the home with undisclosed identity, few individuals were seen bringing gifts to the home with Matron of the home seen attending to them and three of the babies were seen there playing.
Counsel to Precious Ogbonna, Barrister N.B.E Nwigwe who is also the Chairman of Ethics and Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Owerri branch said: “I don’t want to go beyond my brief. I have not gone to the home to see the babies and she has not told me that three of them are missing. I can’t comment on that.” He noted that he cannot seek for the release of the babies until “they formally arraign her and we quash the case; it will appear premature to ask for the release of the babies now,” he stressed.
However, a source who preferred anonymity disclosed to Saturday Vanguard that the babies lack proper care adding that the home did not have enough resources but only rely on gifts by individuals.  “They are not receiving adequate care. How much funds are they getting? They are doing their best,” said a source. We further observed that the environment is another source of concern as there are lots of mosquitoes within the home inspite of window nets in the home. “Recently, two of the three kids there had cold and it is a regular thing which is not good for  babies,” the source said.
Asked whether a formal complaint was lodged on this issue, our source said “the Matron was not available as at the time of the visit but maintained that the police would have to present the babies to the court when the time is right.”