Three Abandoned Kids Of Imprisoned Parents Reunite With Mom

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE 

Three children of Taofik and Latifat Aremu, the couple who were arrested and remanded in prison custody over five weeks ago have reunited with their mother following the intervention of the Lagos State government.

The mother, Latifat was released on Thursday following the intervention of the state government through the Ministry in charge of family and children affair.

Our correspondent gathered that after P.M.EXPRESS reported the condition of those children, the Ministry visited the house and took custody of those children before facilitating the released of their mother.

The fate of the husband, Taofik was yet unknown, as he was said to still be in prison custody.

Taofik and his wife, Latifat, were arrested by the Lagos State Task Force and arraigned before a Magistrate court for committing different offences and have been remanded in prison for the past five weeks.

While Taofik was remanded at a prison in Badagry, his wife was taken to Kirikiri prison.

Their three kids, Kudirat, 4 and the twins, Taiye and Kehinde who are two years of age, were left to their fate at their parents’ residence in 13, Agoro Street in Mushin, Lagos.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the ordeals of the parents started when the father, Taofik, on his way to work, was arrested by the Lagos State Task Force. He was subsequently arraigned and remanded in prison.

His wife, Lafifat, coincidentally had disagreement with their landlady who dragged her to the Police at Olosan division in Mushin over rent.

She was charged before Ogba Magistrates’ Court where she was granted bail but there was nobody to stand as her sureties because of money.

Our correspondent gathered that the landlady, Iyabola Oladokun asked her to move out from her rented apartment
despite having an existing one year rent.

They had exchange of words, and the landlady went to the police station where she reported that she was insulted by Latifat.

The police arrested her and charged her to court.

At the court, she pleaded not guilty.

The presiding Magistrate granted her bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in the like sum.

She was remanded in the custody pending when she will perfect her bail conditions.

When the matter came up on Thursday, it was further adjourned till 15 April 2017.