‘My Daughter Is Innocent, Help Us Beg Govt To Release Her’
That is the plea of Mama Felicia Ogunniyi, mother of 21 year old Kemisola who recently put to bed while in detention.
Kemisola was picked up during the EndSARS protests for alleged complicity in the protests and put in detention where she put to bed, and now the mother is asking the government to please release the lady.
Narating the incident of that faithful day, she told Punch:” On that day, I was not feeling fine and I wanted to buy some drugs.
“So, she wanted to help me get some money from her friend to buy the drugs. I waited for her to return home but she didn’t. Several hours passed and she didn’t return.
“ So, we started looking for her. Later, we were told that she had been arrested by the police. We began to look for her everywhere and I was later advised to check the police command. We got there and found her there. Since then, we have been on the matter”.
-‘My Daughter Is Innocent, Help Us Beg Govt To Release Her’ –
Mama Oguniyi therefore appealed to Governor (Rotimi) Akeredolu of Ondo to help her and the newborn baby to give kemisola total freedom.
“I am begging them in the name of God. As I said, my daughter did not commit the offence they said she committed. She wanted to help me get money for her friend to buy me drugs; that was why she left the house on that fateful day. Since the #EndSARS protest started, she did not leave the house. All of us were in the house; nobody went anywhere”.
She said already the family had suffered both financially and emotionally since the arrest of Kemisola, saying that the government should temper justice with mercy in the interest of the new baby.
She was full of thanks for the wife of the Ooni of Ife, Olori Naomi Ogunwusi, for attending the christening of the baby, and for presenting gifts.
According to her, “We were surprised to see her on the day of the christening. She presented us and the baby with various gift items. She also promised to support Kemisola. We appreciate this gesture and I prayed that God will not abandon her (Olori), too.
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“ She showed us that she is a woman with a kind heart, a virtuous woman, and a servant of God. I’m really happy about the gesture. We also appreciate Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese who offered the baby a scholarship from primary to secondary school. God will not abandon any of them”.-READ ALSO:
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