Eighteen-year-old Boluwatife Ajadi had
been looking forward to enjoying the New
Year festivity with her family in peace and
happiness, but she spent it in agony on a
hospital bed, hanging on to life.
Boluwatife, who finished secondary school in
September 2014, fell victim of a vicious
attack by a scorned suitor, a young man who
had been seeking her hand in a romantic
friendship, around 11pm on. December 30, 2014.
But the culprit, 21-year-old Sakiru Buari,
insisted that Boluwatife was his girlfriend.
When our correspondent visited Samas
Hospital, a private health facility in Baruwa
area of Lagos, there was no way of speaking
with Boluwatife. She had been unable to
speak since the attack, her family said. The
girl had been induced to sleep by the hospital staff.
Her elder sister, Adeola, who narrated what
happened, said she had feared that her
sister might not survive the attack which left
a long and deep gash on her neck.
A picture of the fresh wound showed part of
the girl’s neck, flesh that is almost the size
of a palm, hanging loose.
“The man used a razor to cut her neck,”
Adeola began. “There was no doubt that he
actually wanted to kill her. It all started
about 11pm when we were hearing a noise
outside our house on Alhaja Wasilat Street,
Baruwa. Someone was shouting ‘thief, thief’
and we all rushed outside but I did not
realise my sister was not inside with us.
“When I went outside, I saw someone
staggering towards us holding her neck. She
was struggling to call for help. By the time I
realised it was my sister, she collapsed on
the ground.”
Saturday PUNCH learnt that soon after the
attack, neighbours who had heard
Boluwatife’s initial alert for help, were able
to catch Buari who had attempted to flee at
the time.
“When they caught him, the man was even
saying that he regretted that she did not
die. All I could do was scream for help as I
went to where my sister collapsed.
“At that time of the night, nobody was
willing to help us. No vehicle stopped for us to
take her to the hospital. At a point, I had to
go to the middle of the road pleading for
help.“Eventually, a young man at the scene
picked her up from the ground and carried
her towards the nearest hospital with the
help of other eyewitnesses.
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