By Shina Abubakar
A 20-year-old physically challenged woman, Opeyemi Olatoke, locked up in a house by her parents for five years, has been rescued by Osun State government.
The father of the girl, Prophet Samson Olatoke, founder of C & S, Ileri Ayo parish in Ikirun, said the lady was locked up due to her health issues.
The state Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Mrs Bukola Olaboopo, said the ministry busted the building based on a tip-off from a Non-Governmental Organisation in the state.
A statement by the commissioner’s media aide, Oyedele Kehinde, said the father of the girl, Prophet Olatoke, disclosed that they decided to lock her up due to her health issue, while her mother explained: “I did not give birth to Opeyemi with a disability, it all started when she was four years old, that day she shouted from her sleep and that was how she became lame.”