A 32-year-old lady, Oluwafunke Arogbonlo, is in a critical condition at a specialist hospital in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, after her sister, identified as Yemisi, allegedly poured hot water on her.
It was gathered that the victim was asleep on Friday night
at their house on Road 1, Federal Housing Estate, Mile 4,
Port Harcourt, when
the suspect allegedly sneaked into her room and emptied a bucket of hot water
on her causing her serious burns to her neck, breasts, buttocks, chest and
back.
Investigation revealed that the two women who are step-sisters
had a disagreement which resulted in the attack. It was revealed that the
disagreement was between Oluwafunke and her stepmother, Victoria, and during a
struggle, the latter was alleged to have fallen to the ground and hit her head
against the wall. Yemisi who later heard the incident decided to retaliate on
her mother's behalf.
Yemisi was said to be a student of Medicine at a university
in Nassarawa State came back from school carrying the grudges in mind after the
mother had reported the incident. She was said to have returned Friday,
December 4, and pretended as if all was well.
Oluwafunke, who spoke from the hospital bed, explained that
she never suspected anything after exchanging pleasantries with the suspect.
She said, “We greeted and I tried to explain to her that I did not touch her
mother, that it was a misunderstanding and she wanted to hit me when I dodged
and she fell. She told me not to bother about it, that it was gone and we
should move on as sisters.
“I was asleep at night when she boiled water. She came into my room with a bucket of hot water and emptied it on me.
“I knew she was the one because immediately she did it, I opened my eyes and saw her. I was in pain.”
The suspect reportedly took the victim to a private hospital
the following morning. The victim's mother who lives in Lagos and pleaded not
to be named, said she was alerted to the incident on Monday.
She said,
“I flew in on Monday night and immediately the plane touched down, I came right to the hospital. She has been in pain ever since the incident and although I learnt the matter had been reported at the police station, the police did not act until I got here and Funke’s friends went to make the report again.
“The police had to come to the hospital to take down her statement.”
She said the matter was reported at the Ada-George Police
Station.
Source
Punch Metro
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