“I will never miss nor care about my mother, for having abandoned me on the street”. These words, expressed in a moment of great sadness and emotion, were from the girl Ludmila Nzage, when she was returned to her father, a year after being left to her fate by her mother.
09/22/2022 Last update 8:30 am
Victor Nzage couldn’t hold back tears, with his daughter in his arms, about 11 months after the minor went missing © Photography by: DR
Now six years old, the minor had been dumped in the middle of the street, in October 2021, in the Marçal neighborhood, by her own mother, Ana Hebo, 32, who wanted to please her new husband, was found in the Sambizanga Urban District. Very happy to be reunited with her father, Victor Nzage, the minor was taken care of by Mrs. Lukénia Francisco, resident on Rua 12 de Julho do Sambizanga. The location of the child was possible thanks to the prompt collaboration of Lukénia Francisco, who after having followed the story in the press, including Jornal de Angola, got in touch with Ludmila’s father and informed SIC-Luanda.
Visibly moved and in tears, Dona Lukénia, mother of seven children, said she found Ludmila, in October of last year, next to Cidadela Desportiva, alone, desperate and with a black bag, in which she contained items of clothing.
“When I went to look for my boss’s baby, in the morning, I found Ludmila on the street, and in the afternoon, I saw her again, but already in the middle of a lot of people. That’s when I decided to bring her home”, he said. .
The lady explained that the minor had informed her that her mother, when she abandoned her on the street, claimed that she was waiting for her there, because she wanted to buy something in a canteen, but never came back.
At the time of decision, the mother’s heart spoke louder. And Mrs. Lukénia took in the child, but made the report to the Rangel Police Station, having left her contacts there, in the hope that the child’s family would show up.
“In addition, I also went to participate in a police station in Cazenga and I even published photos on Facebook, but these initiatives were not successful”, he said. badly treated, but he took care of her like a daughter.
“I remember that people told me that I could not welcome anyone else at home, because I was already in a critical social situation. But I never called and took care of the girl with a lot of love”, said the woman.
Request difficult to accept
The mood remained emotional. And in the midst of crying, Dona Lukénia asked the girl’s father to keep the child, because of the affinity he created with Ludmila, a request denied by the parent, as Victor Nzage prefers that the daughter be cared for by direct relatives, but promised that, in some Sometimes, when Dona Lukénia misses her, she will have the child close by.
While the adults were negotiating, Ludmila Nzage, already on her father’s lap, couldn’t stop crying. It was a mixed feeling; joy and sadness. For now, the child said she didn’t want to know about Ana Hebo, so she will live with her father and always visit her second mother: Lukénia Francisco.
While saying goodbye to the girl, Dona Lukénia left important recommendations for Victor Nzage. She asked him to take good care of her daughter, especially in health matters, by leaving certain recipes in case she was sick, even!
In the end, Victor Nzage thanked Dona Lukénia for taking care of the child for almost a year, and to SIC, for the work he developed and in such a short time he got his daughter back.
mother in preventive detention
The spokesperson for SIC-Luanda, superintendent Fernando de Carvalho, who was shocked by the mother’s attitude, asked for greater responsibility on the part of parents in the treatment of their children.
“It is not understood that a woman waits for nine months of pregnancy and a few more years of the child’s life, and then throws her out on the street”, she said, considering it sad that “the minor herself, now, says she does not want to see her mother ”.
The officer, visibly moved by the happy outcome of the case, appealed to parents to avoid situations that cause suffering to children.
Fernando de Carvalho announced that Ana Hebo, the child’s mother, has already been heard by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and the sentence of preventive detention has been decreed. The criminal process will continue until it reaches the court.
