Ify Obinabo, Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, confirmed the intervention of Anambra Government to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. The commissioner said Okpala was evacuated from the street on Sunday night.
Obinabo said the athlete had been moved to a rehabilitation centre where she was already receiving medical attention. She said Governor Chukwuma Soludo and his wife, Nonye, had followed the story of the lady and promised to give her the best medical and psychological support that would return her to normal life.
“Yes, we have taken her to a rehabilitation centre; her case is a case of drug and frustration and from my interactions with her, she understands she is in a mess and wants to come out of it. She expressed sadness that she could not give her child the type of care she enjoyed under her own parents.
