The Police
in Lagos have arrested a roasted meat (suya) seller, Abdulahi, for
allegedly attempting to slaughter a four- year-old girl for Suya.
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 gathered 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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