An
old woman who has been rejected by her own children whom she went
through thick and thin to train, has told her heartbreaking story.
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Mrs. Bolaji Isaac
Mrs. Bolaji Isaac, an
eighty-five-year-old grandmother, has said anytime she dies, she will be
going to the grave with sorrow and bitterness.
According to Punch Metro, Bolaji revealed that she had nothing to
live for and preferred death because all her five children rejected her
and efforts to see them had been abortive.
The Ikare, Ondo State indigene, said an apartment rented for her by
a Pentecostal church in Lagos, Mountain of Fire and Miracles
Ministries, had been forcefully taken by her second son, identified as
Sola, who chased her out.
The octogenarian told our correspondents that she was in dire need
of another accommodation, appealing to Nigerians to prevail on her
children to meet with her before her death.
She said, “I had 10 children. While five of them died, five
survived. My husband died about 20 years ago and I started selling paper
bags to hospitals and clinics. When I didn’t have money to continue the
work, I stopped.
“I was formerly living in the Alagbado area of Lagos State, but
my son, Sola, chased me out. He came from Ondo State to live with me.
“His wife called me that I should send him back, but I ignored
her. Later, I agreed when the pressure became too much. When I asked him
to return, he refused and started fighting me.”
She added that anytime she called her fourth child, Samuel, a
lawyer, he always gave excuses of being in court, promising to call
back, without doing so.
Bolaji, who explained that Samuel prevented her from knowing his
address, said other children also gave excuses instead of catering to
her.
When our correspondent asked about her siblings, she lamented that they had equally forsaken her.
“When I had money, my mother advised me to take care of them
that they would help my children in the future. I sponsored their
education, but now, they don’t care about me. I don’t know what I did to
deserve the treatment. I want to die. This suffering is unbearable,” she added, as she burst into tears.
Bolaji told Punch Metro that she later moved to the Ladipo area of
Oshodi where an old friend, Mrs. Sadatu Ahmed, had been sheltering her
for the past eight months.
It was learnt that Bolaji survived on a weekly N2,000 stipend she received from the MFM every Monday.
Her friend, Ahmed, who claimed to have known her for 25 years, said Bolaji used to visit her during their youthful days.
The 52-year-old added that she could not send her away when she came to her house.
“She was sleeping in the verandah of our compound, exposing
herself to cold and mosquito bites. When I couldn’t bear it, I begged my
son to allow us to accommodate her and he agreed.
“She cannot go to toilet on her own and she does not sleep
well. I bathe her and keep vigils over her. She cries every day. She
complains of pains in her legs, stomachs and other body parts. She is
really suffering.
“Anytime I call any of her children, they do not pick the call.
When they do, they are quick in cutting off the call. One said he was a
family man and if he had to choose between his mother and wife, he
would choose his wife.
“I am being forced to send her out of my house. My neighbours
said if she died, I would be in trouble. I don’t want to go to jail for
helping someone in need,” she added.
However, Samuel, on the telephone, said his mother was troublesome,
adding that he kept her away from his family to avoid having issues
with his marriage.
He said, “She was formerly living with my elder brother, Tope.
She was always quarrelling with his wife to the extent that they would
engage in fisticuffs. And it was regular. I witnessed the fights while I
was in the university and that was why I decided never to allow any
family member live with me.
“She cannot live with any of her sons without having issues
with their wives, so we are trying to make enquiries about old people’s
home for her because that is the next step. Just last week, we all
contributed N25,000 to give her; so I wonder where the issue of neglect
is coming from.
“My wife and I are too busy and if she stays with us, she will
still complain of neglect. It is not important that she knows where I
stay; the most important thing is that she is taken care of.”
Samuel, who confirmed that Sola stayed with the mother at a time, said he could not say if he sent her out.
He said although he didn’t know who she stayed with in Lagos, he sometime sent her money through his wife.
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