By Ifeanyi Okolie
LAGOS — A middle-aged man David Suleiman has been arrested by the
police in Lagos State for allegedly pouring acid on his fiancée, Chika
Egbo and a yet to be identified Okada rider at Ikotun area of Lagos
State.
Suleiman who is currently being detained at the State Criminal
Investigation Department, Panti,Yaba, Lagos, was said to have attacked
his girl friend, a 300 level student at Enugu State College of
Education, with acid for refusing him access to their only child.
Police sources at the state SCID, intimated Vanguard that trouble
began for the couple when Egbo became pregnant for Suleiman, and he
abandoned her claiming that he travelled out of the country, and
leaving her with the burden of fending for herself and the baby.
But few months after giving birth, he came back requesting to see
the baby and he was refused. A source, who craved anonymity, said he
tricked the 25-year-old students who resides in Enugu State to Lagos
State and he took her to an hidden spot in Ikotun where he poured
the acid on her.
“An Okada rider who witnessed as the incident unfold went after
Suleiman, but while he chased him, Suleiman emptied the can of acid on
the Okada rider, who held him strongly waiting for the help.
Other Okada riders who drove by saw what was happening and the came
to his rescue and they took Suleiman to Ikotun police station while the
Okada rider and Egbo were rushed to a hospital.”
Meanwhile, Egbo, who is laying critically ill at the emergency
unit of the Lagos State Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, had her face, chest
and some other parts of body destroyed by the acid bath.
Culled: Vanguard
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