The family of the spokesperson of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Barrister Ikenga Ugochinyere Imo has footed the hospital bill of 23-year-old Mrs. Ruth Ekechukwu and her child.

Mrs. Ekechukwu, was delivered of a child through caesarean section on 12th June, this year but was abandoned by her husband at the hospital.

Reports said her husband also suggested they sold the baby, a suggestion she spurned.

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It was gathered that Barr. Imo not only paid the hospital expenses but also gave Mrs. Ekechukwu N50,000 pocket money.

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Punch correspondent, Chidiebube Okeoma, disclosed that Barrister Imo also gave the sum of N100,000 to enable the woman start a business.

Okeoma expressed his gratitude to Steve Uzoechi, a correspondent of The New Telegraph newspaper for facilitating the kind gesture.

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