PHOTO: Landlady’s Children Cut Tenant’s Private Part.
A
35-year-old man, Yinka Offehin, who resides on Popoola Street, off
Abaranje Road in the Ikotun area of Lagos is now battling for life after
his scrotum was cut by the children of his landlady.
According to reports, Yinka was attacked while sleeping in his room with his family members.
His
wife, Bisi, who was with him when the incident happened, identified the
assailants as Solomon and Damilola, the children of the landlady.
She said, “On
Thursday morning, around 3am, while we were sleeping, we heard loud
bangs on our door. We initially thought they were armed robbers because
the house beside ours had recently been robbed.
“When they entered, we saw they were children of our landlady. They began destroying our electronics and other property.
“There
were two of them. One held a knife in his hand. They took N800, 000.
They descended on my husband and he also fought back. In that confusion,
my husband shouted and we saw that one of the attackers had cut Yinka’s
scrotum. I can’t say what they used to cut off my husband’s scrotum.”
Explaining
what led to the unthinkable action, the victim said the genesis of his
problem was when he had a misunderstanding with his landlady and was
asked to vacate his apartment.
“I
was asked to leave the house immediately, but after the intervention of
the traditional ruler of the community, I was asked to leave by the end
of August.
“But that decision did not go down well with the children of my landlady and they continued to make trouble with me.
“I
was already planning to leave their house and had even contacted an
agent when they attacked me without any provocation. I want the
government to fight for me,” he said.
The
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the incident,
saying “It was around 3am, while the victim was sleeping in his room,
that one Solomon Olowogbemi and Damilola Olayeye, the children of his
landlady, came in and started fighting with him.
“In
the process, they inflicted injury on him with an unknown object. The
skin of his scrotum was partly cut off, thereby exposing one of his
testicles. The two suspects have been arrested and detained and the
victim taken to a hospital.”