A CHARITY supporting the son of Mercy Baguma, the asylum seeker mum who died last month in Govan, have renewed calls for a public enquiry.

Yesterday Mercy's partner and father of their son, Eric Nnanna, exclusively told his story to the Glasgow Times.

Now he has issued a statement thanking the groups that have supported him and 16-month-old Adriel through the trauma of losing Mercy.

Positive Action in Housing, which has been working with the family, issued a further plea for the public to back an enquiry.

Its director, Robina Quereshi, said: "We are grateful to those who supported the fundraiser for Baby Adriel and raised a debate about the racist hostile environment emanating from Westminster in Scotland.

"This is the third tragedy in Glasgow where questions need to be asked of Mears.

"Our focus remains firmly on a fully independent public inquiry, which is now supported by more than 3000 organisations and individuals across Scotland.”

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Mercy, 34, was last seen by Eric on Tuesday, August 18, a day before he says she should have been moved to Mears accommodation.

After giving her a couple of days to - he believed - settle in to her new home, Eric became worried when he had not heard from her.

On the Saturday of that week he called police to her Govan home where she was found dead with Adriel in his cot.

Eric said: "On behalf of our baby son Adriel, I wish to thank the kind people of Glasgow, Scotland and all over the world for so generously donating to the CAF and GoFundMe appeals.

"This money will be used firstly to pay for Mercy’s funeral costs.

"After this, it will be used to ensure Baby Adriel’s future welfare, hopefully and God willing here in Glasgow, Scotland.

"To this end, a trust fund is being set up with an established firm of solicitors here in Glasgow, for the benefit of Adriel.

"I wish to thank the Radiant and Bright charity; the wonderful staff of the NHS and Adriel’s health visitor; the police officers who attended on Saturday, August 22; and to Robina Qureshi and Positive Action in Housing for bringing Mercy’s plight to the public’s attention in the first place and raising questions about what happened.

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"I am grateful to the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon for speaking out strongly in her condemnation of a hostile immigration policy that destroys lives.

"I hope that she can meet Adriel when the time is right.

"I am determined to make Scotland our home."

Following her death, it was reported that Mercy, who was an asylum seeker from Uganda, and her son had starved to death.

This was not correct.

Robina added: "Had we not broken this story it would have gone completely under the radar and no one would know Mercy Baguma’s name today.

"On Monday, August 24, we agreed to assist with raising burial costs, we achieved that and more.

"The circumstances of Mercy’s death then went viral which meant funds were raised but it was impossible to argue with the Twitter-storm of misinformation, though we tried.

"People should not be left without money or support in this country.