A 15-year old identified as Ikimi Adewale, has recounted how she almost lost her life yesterday if not for the timely intervention of her father.
Adewale, who works as a hairdresser said she had her hands tied, pepper placed in her eye and private part and was about to be burnt alive over a money she knows nothing about.
“I was eating with my siblings on Monday morning when Aunty Dayo sent for me to plait her hair. I went to her house after eating but did not meet her in the house.
While inside, someone ran out of the house. “In the evening of that day, they accused me of stealing N16,000 from the the room. Iya Feranmi told me to return the stolen money but I told her I did not take it.
“She took fresh pepper, mixed it with water and poured it into my eyes. Yet, I insisted I did not take it and they allowed me to go.
“After I was allowed to go, people in that street started taunting me and my father, calling me a thief.
“The next day, Daddy Dayo came to our house and started beating me again. When my father asked what was happening, they beat him too. “They tied my neck with rope and said I should go and buy dried ground pepper. When I came back, they mixed the pepper with water and poured it inside my eyes.
“Because of the pains, I admitted I stole the money. It was Iya Feranmi that brought kerosene and matches. Aunty Maria brought the belt, which was used to beat me. They stripped me naked.
“They scattered our apartment and in the process found clothes and a new pair of shoes and concluded that I bought them with the stolen money.
Meanwhile, the clothes and shoes were bought for me and my sibling but because they were big, I kept them till the time I would have grown to fit the size. They were about to strike a match on me when a man took it from them.”
Famuyiwa Gbolahan, Adesanya Adewole, Adesanya Bukola , Adesanya Adedayo, Saka Mariam, Funmilola Osuntayo, the suspects in the case have all been detained at Alade Police Division, Shomolu, Lagos.
