You lied, we didn’t lose any baby, Red Cross replies Enugu APC

The Enugu State section of the Nigeria Red Cross Society has faulted the authorities section of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its chairman, Ugo Agballa, connected the assertion that it mislaid a babe successful the process of demolitions astatine Holy Ghost, Enugu, wherever the authorities authorities is clearing the aged centrifugal parkland and immoderate properties to physique a modern transport terminal.

It besides faulted the assertion that it had implicit 100 children astatine the clip of the demolition, saying they had lone 14 children who had each been safely and temporarily relocated to different orphanage successful the authorities capital, asking to beryllium near retired of Enugu politics.

These rebuttals and clarifications were made by the Secretary of the Nigerian Red Cross successful Enugu, Tony Udegbu, successful a telephone interrogation connected Tuesday.

It volition beryllium recalled that the Chairman of the Enugu State section of the APC, Agballa, had connected Monday addressed the property astatine Holy Ghost wherever helium levelled respective allegations connected Governor Peter Mbah medication implicit immoderate of the improvement projects successful the state.

But reacting to the development, the authorities scribe of the Red Cross, Udegbu, said: “It is not existent that immoderate kid died. We are healthy. The politician relocated america and they are moving connected our caller site. And we bash not play inheritance politics. The Red Cross is an impartial assemblage each implicit the world. And the relation we play is auxiliary to the government’s role. So, we privation to beryllium near retired of authorities due to the fact that we are not a partisan organisation. We bash nary person thing adjacent 100 children. They are 14.

“What happened that clip was that they were renovating a spot for america astatine the aged UNTH road. But that spot was not acceptable erstwhile they came with a bulldozer. But erstwhile the politician got to cognize astir the reality, helium relocated the babies to Ken David’s Orphanage Home and they are moving connected that imperishable spot close now.

“So, by the grace of God, the politician has since relocated the babies to an orphanage called Ken David’s Orphanage Home. And the children are determination temporarily until they decorativeness the caller place.

“I convey the politician for taking a decisive enactment by making the babies comfy erstwhile helium got to cognize the truth.”

“By the instrumentality establishing the Nigerian Red Cross, the Nigerian Red Cross Act 1960, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, the Red Cross plays an auxiliary relation to the government.

“So, the politician is the Patron of Nigerian Red Cross Society, Enugu Branch, by the Nigerian Red Cross Act 1960. So, those babies are his ain too,” the Red Cross said.