The Lagos State Government has detected lies in the story of viral amputee hawker, Mary Daniel who in an interview claimed that she lost a leg in an accident that killed all passengers, including her parents when she was a teenager, have been discovered as false.Daniel arouse the interest of the public after pictures of her selling water at Oshodi emerged on social media and attracted sympathy from Nigerians.
She claimed in an interview that she was an orphan with a baby and an aged grandmother to fend for.
She claimed how terrible life has been for her and how she had to drop out of school to make ends meet. Following her harrowing tales, kindhearted Nigerians started donating money through her bank account made public with about N25m raised.
This prompted the state government to immediately shelter her to prevent criminals from taking advantage of her sudden fortune.Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu told The Nation on Wednesday evening.
“The police were there but she was not handed over to us. She was handed over to the Social Welfare. There were irregularities and lies in the account of her life she gave.
“It was discovered that contrary to her claim that her parents died during an accident that left her amputated, it was discovered that her father is very much alive and that she was amputated from birth.
“It was also discovered that her presence in Oshodi was staged. Those working with her played on the intelligence of Nigerians to get donations for her.”
It came to light when the people started threatening her. She promised some N500,000 others different amounts and was planning to return to her home state when the information leaked.
“I had to attach some policemen to her to prevent any attack on her when she went to the bank. We suspected those people might follow her but everything went well as they were not seen.“
Presently, the state government is preventing her from accessing the money.
“The government does not want a situation where it will become a trend for people to cook up stories, manipulate the people to get donations,” Odumosu explained.
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