The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday apprehended four men who allegedly use minors to beg for alms in Lagos traffic.
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Commands Public Relations Officers stated this via this official Twitter handle.
According to him, the men get minors from villages and then get a medical doctor to inject them with substances that make their stomachs swell outrageously.
These kids are then paraded in traffic as critically sick in other to get alms from unsuspecting motorists.
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He goes further to advise parents to ‘be careful who you hand over your children to.’
The identity of the men is still unknown, as the police have yet to release their names.
Hundeyin has stated that the investigation currently is ongoing.
