The man in
the picture above is Taofeek Muraina, a resident of Gunwin Akingbile, Moniya,
Ibadan, Oyo State. He is a 40 years old bricklayer who was born with one eye
ball gorging out of its socket. Muraina said he has been with this eye problem
all his life and as each day goes by, he feels like dying because of the way he
is being treated in the society.
Mauraina was
said to have attempted suicide twice and was caught on the two occasions. The first
time was five months ago and recently on the 5th of December, he
attempted to take his life again but was interrupted by his landlady who met
him when he was mixing the poison he wanted to drink.
Mauraina
said, everybody hates him because he has an eye issue, even his wife abandoned
him and his 10years old son for another man. Where he does his bricklaying job
everybody see him as a deformed man and nobody likes him despite the fact that
he is hustling to make a living for himself and his son. These are the reasons
why he wanted to kill himself.
Mauraina neighbours
said his eye problem can be corrected by him undergoing a surgery but there is
no fund to take him for any. When he went to the University Teaching hospital,
he was asked to pay N10m.
He said he
decided to end it because there is no one to help him out with the money he
needs for surgery or even take care of him.
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