Why We Chopped Off Female Corps Member’s Hand In Bayelsa — Suspects
The Victim, Folakemi Akinbode
Two suspected attackers of the female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member posted to the Obuah community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Miss. Folakemi Akinbode, were yesterday arrested by the Police. They claimed she was attacked with a machete because she refused to hand over unspecified amount of money in her possession.
The two suspects, identified as Ebi Jatto and Weriye Aluwa, were arrested on Wednesday at the Koroama Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the State while attempting to sell the Mobile Handset belonging to the Youth Corps member.
A top police source told us that the suspects had confessed to the crime and claimed the 26year old Ondo State indigene and a Batch A Corps member and graduate of Nursing from the Madonna University, Elele in Rivers State, struggled with them while they were attempting to snatch her bag.
Folakemi, who was attacked at about 8.30pm while returning to the Corpers’ Lodge near the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobori, 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.
According to the Police source, the two attackers were present during the payment made to the blood donors by the Youth Corps member, “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.”
Confirming the arrest, the Paramount Ruler of the Community, the Ibolou XI of Obunagha, H.R.H Godsgive Apoh, said the quick arrest of the suspected attackers was made possible by emergency youth meeting of Youth Vigilante Association set up to investigate and apprehend those involved in the attack.
Contacted on the development, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr.Alex Akhigbe confirmed the arrest and said that they were yet to establish the motive behind the attack.
