Friday, October 25, 2024 –A father of two identified as Ejike, poured hot water on his 31-year-old female neighbour, Blessing in Rivers State, leaving her in critical condition.
The incident happened in the Azikiwe
Street, Mile 2 axis of Diobu in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, October 23,
2024.
It was gathered that the attack happened
after an accident involving Blessing, a hairstylist, and Ejike’s young son.
According to reports, Blessing had gone to
retrieve boiling water from an electric kettle in the compound to style a
customer’s hair when Ejike’s son bumped into her, causing some of the hot water
to spill onto the ground and slightly splash the boy’s leg.
Witnesses said while Blessing was still
comforting the boy, Ejike emerged from his room to ask what had happened.
As neighbours were explaining what
happened, Ejike allegedly grabbed the kettle from the ground and poured its
contents on Blessing’s chest, with some of the hot water splashing onto her
face.
“As other neighbours were narrating what
happened to Ejike, Blessing was still sympathizing with the little boy, he
(Ejike) reached for the hot water in the kettle which was on the ground behind
Blessing, came in front of the young woman’s front and poured the hot water on
her breast which also splashed her face,” the source narrated.
After the attack, Ejike reportedly fled,
while Blessing was rushed to the Azikiwe Police Division, where she was issued
a medical form and then taken to a hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, the victim’s family is demanding justice.
“We want the Police to get the young man
arrested. Then if he is arrested he will see what he did to my sister,"
the woman's brother, Goodluck Nwankwo said while speaking to newsmen
said,
“It is not right, I have to do the
necessary thing so that the Government can take over the matter. I want justice
to be done.”
"Due to the medical attention they
gave her yesterday, she is getting better but the problem is the money they are
asking is too much and I have spent much already.
“I am thinking if I have to go back to
Anambra State and come back to be able to raise some money.”
The spokesperson for the State Police
Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident said the suspect had
been arrested.
“Yes I’m aware and the man has been arrested, The police have
issued the woman a medical form and she is receiving treatment,” the PPRO added.
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