From Vanguard...
The police in Bayelsa State have
arrested the alleged attackers of Folakemi Akinbode, a National Youth Service
Corps, NYSC, member serving in the state whose right hand was almost chopped
off, Monday night, at Obunagha in Yenagoa Local Government Area.
You may wish to know that an
Italian firm has offered to sponsor Folakemi who has regained consciousness,
overseas for proper medical treatment and rehabilitation.
The two bad guys who almost
killed Folakemi, identified as:
Ebi Jatto and Weriye Aluwa, who
are currently in police custody, it was learnt, were nabbed 72 hours after the
attack through the support of the Obunagha community youths.
Miss Akinbode was attacked with a
machete for reportedly refusing to hand over unspecified amount of money in her
possession while returning from work that fateful, Monday.
It was reliably gathered that the
suspects were arrested at Koroama community about two kilometres from the scene
of crime while attempting to sell the mobile phone of their victim.
A security source told Vanguard
that the suspects had confessed to the crime and claimed that she struggled
with them in their attempt to snatch her bag.
The corps member, it would be
recalled, was attacked at about 8.30pm while returning to the lodge near the
Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobori, her place of primary
assignment.
Miss Akinbode, 26, a graduate
Nurse of Madonna University was reported to have been in charge of huge amount
of money used by the hospital to pay blood donors at the blood bank section of
the hospital.
The arrested suspects, according
to a security source, were present during the payment made to the blood donors
by the corps member.
According to the security source,
“they claimed that all they wanted from her was the remaining money she kept in
her bag after the payments in the afternoon. But that when she struggled and
identified one of them, she was attacked with machete.”
Victim for overseas treatment
An unnamed Italian firm, it was
learnt, is making frantic effort to fly the victim overseas for treatment.
“We are optimistic that the
problem would be sorted out on Monday after the Sallah holidays to enable her
travel overseas for proper medical attention and rehabilitation.”
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