A roasted meat (suya) seller, Abdulahi, has been arrested by the
Police in Lagos for allegedly attempting to slaughter a four- year-old
girl for Suya.
According to The Sun News, the suspect, had allegedly abducted the
girl at White sand area of Ebute Meta, while she was playing with her
mates in an open field.
It was gathered that the suspect had taken the victim to a secluded
area where he had attempted to slaughter the girl with a knife.
Daily Sun reports that luck smiled at the little girl as a man who
saw the suya seller trying to slaughter the girl raised the alarm, which
attracted other people who rescued the girl. It was gathered that the
suya seller who resisted the people stabbed one person and bit another.
Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, who confirmed the
incident to newsmen yesterday said that the Good Samaritans succeeded in
rescuing the victim from the grip of the suspect.
He said that one of the Good Samaritans in an attempt to disarm the suspect sustained minor injury on his hand. He said: “The
suspect was subsequently handed over to the Police at Denton Police
Station, Oyingbo. Police investigation revealed that the suspect had
abducted the little girl from where she was playing with her friends
with the sole intension of slaughtering her. It is a clear case of
kidnap and attempted murder.”
However, in a swift reaction, a brother to the suspect who
identified himself simply as Ibrahim, at the venue of the parade claimed
that the suspect was a sick person.
He alleged that the suspect was mentally unstable but that he was treated and discharged.
He said: “I am a suya seller. I sell suya at White sand area of
Ebute Meta. My brother was not okay before. He was treated in the
village five years ago before he came to Lagos. Maybe the sickness has
come back again.
“On the day of the incident, while we were selling suya,
suddenly my brother started behaving funny. He grabbed the table and
turned it upside down scattering the entire suya in the process.
"We tried to hold him, but he escaped.
"During the confusion that followed he grabbed the little girl
and we tried to free the girl from him. It was while we were trying to
set free the little girl that one man sustained injury on his hand.”
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