The Lagos State Government on Thursday refuted claims that it seized N25 million donated to an amputee sachet water hawker, Mary Daniel.
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, said reports on social media that the state government had seized the money donated to her were not true.
Omotoso, who spoke while answering questions on Star FM Thursday morning, stated that the government had no plan to deny Daniel of her N25 million donation.
According to him, what government did was to ensure that she was not molested and safe to do whatever she intended to do with the money raised for her.
The commissioner added that Daniel was free to set up her dream supermarket store in Lagos State since it was in the state fortune smiled on her.
Reports on Wednesday suggested that the state government had seized her N25 million following claims that the story of how her leg was amputated had been punctured.
The amputee had claimed she lost a leg in an accident that killed all other passengers, including her parents in an accident when she was a teenager.
But it has now been found that she did not lose her leg in any accident and that her father is still alive.
After receiving generous donations from the people, the young lady was said to have been receiving strange calls from those who staged her story, threatening to reveal spill the beans unless she gave them their share of the money.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, confirmed that the young lady was in the custody of the social welfare unit for investigation.
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