A 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member serving in Bayelsa State, Miss Folakemi Akinbode, is now struggling for her life at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, following a brutal attack from suspected cultists.
The incident occurred,
Monday, at about 8.30pm at Obunagha community in the Yenagoa Local Government
Area of the state. Miss Akinbode, an indigene of Ondo State, a graduate Nurse of
the Madonna University serving at NDU Teaching Hospital was returning from work
when she was ambushed by two suspected cultists along a lonely bush path leading
to the corpers’ lodge where she resides.
Her right hand was almost chopped off by her assailants who are now at large. It was learnt that it was for the hand she raised to defend herself otherwise the attackers could have killed her as the machete was aimed at her head. The victim was said to have ran to the lodge with her injuries shouting “help, help, help…” after which she collapsed and lost consciousness due to excessive bleeding from the almost severed hand.
A source told our correspondent that “though she had been given three pints of blood, she is yet to regain consciousness.”
Her right hand was almost chopped off by her assailants who are now at large. It was learnt that it was for the hand she raised to defend herself otherwise the attackers could have killed her as the machete was aimed at her head. The victim was said to have ran to the lodge with her injuries shouting “help, help, help…” after which she collapsed and lost consciousness due to excessive bleeding from the almost severed hand.
A source told our correspondent that “though she had been given three pints of blood, she is yet to regain consciousness.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the incident, saying the command has launched manhunt for the fleeing attackers.
READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/42782.html
- Vanguard
No comments:
Post a Comment