A 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member serving in
Bayelsa State, Miss Folakemi Akinbode, is now struggling for her life at
the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, following a
brutal attack from suspected cultists.
The incident occurred, Monday, at about 8.30pm at Obunagha community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
Miss Akinbode, an indigene of Ondo State, a graduate Nurse of the
Madonna University serving at NDU Teaching Hospital was returning from
work when she was ambushed by two suspected cultists along a lonely bush
path leading to the corpers’ lodge where she resides.
Her right hand was almost chopped off by her assailants who are now at large.
It was learnt that but for the hand she raised to defend herself the
attackers could have killed her as the machete was aimed at her head.
The victim was said to have ran to the lodge with her injuries
shouting “help, help, help…” after which she collapsed and lost
consciousness due to excessive bleeding from the almost severed hand.
A source told our correspondent that “though she had been given three pints of blood, she is yet to regain consciousness.”
Troubled by the development, the traditional ruler of the community,
Chief Apoh Godgive, the Ibolou XI, was said to have ordered the
immediate setting up of vigilante group in the community with a view to
fishing out the perpetrators of the crime.
Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alex
Akhigbe, confirmed the incident, saying the command has launched manhunt
for the fleeing attackers.
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