A former councillor of Amuwo-Odofin Local Government
Area of Lagos State, Onimole Babatunde, is currently being detained at the Area
E Police Command, Festac, Lagos for allegedly stabbing an 18-year-old girl in
the neck after she refused his advances at a night club.
On October 26, Mariam Abubakar (pictured above) went
to Pearl Habour Night Club in Rochester Garden Hotel, Festac to “catch weekend
fun.” Her friend, who pleaded anonymity, said they only went there “to hang
out” when Babatunde, who was obviously drunk, started to make advances to
Abubakar.
She said, “She was not interested in him so she did
not answer when he called her. He was dancing and Mariam (Abubakar) was sitting
at a table. He was obviously drunk and he came to pull her.
“He was manhandling her and she insisted he should
leave her alone. This did not go down well with Babatunde and he was really
angry. He went to a corner, took a bottle, broke it and stabbed Mariam in the
neck.” Continue to read after the cut:
According to the source, Babatunde fled the scene
immediately.
A police source at Area E told our correspondent
that the preliminary report obtained indicated that the incident occurred at
about 1:30am. He said Abubakar bled profusely at the scene before she was taken
to Naval Hospital, Ojo by sympathisers at the night club.
The source said she was not admitted because those
who took her there could not produce a police report.
“That was when someone notified our station (Area E
Command) and we went to take her to Ajeromi General Hospital,” he said.
It was learnt that as Abubakar was being taken to
the general hospital, she went into a coma.
She was said to have been revived at the general
hospital. A nurse at the hospital, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent
that she had lost about 20 per cent of her blood.
Abubakar is currently under intensive care at the
hospital.
However, the police said the night club workers destroyed
evidence at the scene of the alleged crime by cleaning up Abubakar’s blood on
the floor.
The hotel has currently been sealed off by the
police because the management did not report the incident.
It was learnt that the police got wind of
Babatunde’s whereabouts, said to be holing up somewhere in Ikoyi and called him
to simply come and write a statement. But he was detained immediately he got to
the station.
The police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, said she had
not been briefed on the case.
Culled from Punch news
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