The Oyo State Police Commissioner, Mr Mohammed Katsina yesterday donated a brand new Motorcycle and foodstuff to a scavenger, Mr. Adekunle Ayoola, 20, whose wife, Chineye, 20, lost her son and younger sister on Wednesday as a result of poverty.

The commissioner who presented the items to the family at House 13, Cele Close, Agbowo, Ibadan, said the command took the steps to rehabilitate the breadwinner of the family so that he would not take to crime.

A three-year-Monanchi Madaugo, whom Adekunle’s wife had for another man before she married him, died on Wednesday.

The child was said to have fallen sick for a long time but there was no money to take care of him. The child died early on Wednesday morning.

The cleric, Most Superior Evangelist Tosin Otakoya, said Adekunle, a scavenger,rushed to meet him on Wednesday morning to tell him that the child his wife gave birth to before she married him had died.

According to him, he advised him to report the case to the police and not to bury the child because he is not his father.

He said they went to Kajorepo Police Station to report the matter and the Divisional Police Officer and her team followed Adekunle to his house to assess the situation.

On getting home, they met a younger sister of Adekunle’s wife, a 16-year-old Amarachi Ukoha, already dead.

She had complained of stomach ache on Tuesday. Chineye Ayoola, who stated that she relocated from Imo State to Ibadan in December 2014, said her younger sister was vomiting and stooling on Wednesday morning.

But she bought energy drink for her so that she could regain her lost strength before they went to the police station.

It was revealed that the only child that Chineye had for Adekunle, Bashit, who is seven months old, is still alive.

The police commissioner, who went to Adekunle’s house with the officials of the Post-Trauma Counselling Unit of the police command, that assessed the state of health of the family, promised immediate free medical care to the family.

Speaking with newsmen, Katsina, said police job was not only about taking guns, chasing criminals and parading them, adding that if help did not come the way of Adekunle in time, he could possibly take to crime.

“Our coming here is symbolic. It is one more attempt to ensure that this one step that is required for this gentleman to move into the world of crime is blocked by giving him assurance and hope. With this motorcycle, I am sure that he will make money to buy drugs, food and attend to other needs of the family,” Katsina said.