Follow @9jaLife The expectation of most parents is that when they attain certain ages that they can no longer fend for themselves, their children will be there to provide the necessary support. But for aged siblings- Ibijoke Apena and Janeth Eruwayo- who are living in a dingy one-room apartment, their case is a different kettle of fish. They have been abandoned by their children and relations. At 8, Amusan Street, Rogo, along Iju-Ishaga Road, Lagos State, where they live, the two sisters have become nuisance to other tenants. Though they are from Jakpa in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, they have spent more than 60 years outside Delta. Their condition of living is simply appalling as where they defecate, urinate and do so many things is where they eat and sleep. The odour oozing out of their room has become a source of concern to co-tenants who now avoid them like plague. When PUNCH Metro visited them in their apartment, odour from their apartment filled the entire place, causing people around to throw up. Even when it was obvious that their children had forsaken them, they cocooned themselves in the world of pretence, saying "our children have not abandoned us. Don't speak ill of our children." But one thing nobody can take away from the octogenarians is their intelligence and impeccable English. Eruwayo attended Queen's College, Lagos. The more elderly of the two, Apena, said she had five children and was married to the family of Apena in Ebute Meta, Lagos. The 87-year-old Apena said, "I was married to the family of Apena in Lagos. I have five children but one is dead. My husband died more than 20 years ago. "My children do visit any time they wish. I worked as Secretary to Arab Brothers Limited in Ebute Meta." Her younger sister, Eruwayo, 82, told our correspondent that she had four children. "By the grace of God, I have four children. Some of my children are pastors while others are well-to-do," Eruwayo said. Eruwayo's situation is more pitiable than her elder sister's – she is blind and suffering from serious infirmities. A co-tenant, who did not want his name mentioned, said the [...]
