The police in Lagos State have made a breakthrough in the case of acid attack on
a middle aged woman, Bamidele Otakiti, when her ex-husband, Ajayi
Olatunbosun, was arrested for allegedly hiring thugs to pour acid on her
at her shop on Adejobi Street in the Ajasa Command area of the state.
The
couple who divorced in February, 2015, due to irreconcilable
differences, had been living separately after the commercial motorcycle
rider (Okada) husband accused his wife of serial adultery. It was in the
heat of the disagreement that the woman who bore him three children
divorced him and he decided to take revenge on her by disfiguring her.
It
was gathered that the two-man assailant team hired by Olatunbosun come
to Otakiti’s shop on April 21 at about 7.30 pm with a can containing a
substance which later tested positive for acid. She was reportedly
trying to give them change for some items they had bought when they
poured the substance on her.
The attackers
allegedly told the woman that they were sent by her ex-husband before
they fled the area. She was said to have been rushed to a nearby
hospital, from where she was referred to the General Hospital, Ile Epo,
for intensive care.
Olatunbosun, a resident of
Adetoun Street, Abule-Egba, was apprehended after his alleged
involvement in the incident, which was reported at the Meiran Police
Station.
A police report stated that Olatunbosun,
an Ifewara, Osun State indigene, had initially denied the allegation,
but later owned up after being thoroughly quizzed.
"He
initially denied hiring the thugs. But after a comprehensive
interrogation, he confessed, saying the woman had been flaunting her
beauty and committing adultery. He is giving us useful information to
track the fleeing suspects."
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