Afusat Jimoh’s life changed seven years ago after she fell into boiling oil.At the time, she was helping an aunt living in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State to fry some pieces of meat when she suddenly had epileptic convulsion and fell into the sizzling oil.
While battling with the burns she sustained in the incident, her six-month-old child fell ill and died, followed by the death of her husband. Punch Metro learnt that after many years of trying to find solutions to her woes, her mother also abandoned her and fled.
The Lagos State Government, which promised to foot the bills for a face-lift surgery, was said to have defaulted on its pledge.It was learnt that Afusat now begs for alms in order to raise funds for her surgery. Punch Metro visited Ijeshatedo Street in the Surulere area of Lagos, where the Kwara State indigene resides with an uncle, Abdullahi Ayinla.She had a veil on her body with which she covered her injuries.
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