A bricklayer identified as Lukman has been arrested by the Kwara state police command after he allegedly attacked and cut off the hand of a 60-year-old woman, Muibat Abifarin, with a cutlass.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the attacker was showing signs of insanity when the sad incident happened. He reportedly also attacked two of his co-tenants in a bungalow at Orolodo Area, beside the Olomu’s palace in Omu-Aran.
The woman who had her hand severed was rushed to a private hospital.
A nurse who spoke to NAN said the woman could only receive visitors around 6 p.m. when she might have fully recovered from the effect of the surgery.
She, however, described the ageing woman’s condition as stable and that she was responding to treatment.
Azeez Abifarin, a student and son of the victim, speaking about the incident said;
“I think there was a kind of argument between Abeeb, my senior brother and Lukman over a dead goat being roasted by Lukman outside the compound, which later degenerated into a fight and Abeeb was attacked with a cutlass.
“It was the gory sight of Abeeb’s condition that prompted my mother, who was about going to bed, to rush out and confront Lukman over the motive of the attack on Abeeb.
“It was in the process that Lukman again raised the cutlass against my mother’s head and she quickly defended herself with her left hand before the hand was cut off,” he said.
Lukman’s father, who refused to give his name, told NAN that;
“I was shocked when I saw the extent of the attack on the victims. I was informed on phone and I rushed to the scene of the incident.
“He (Lukman) was with me in my house a day before the incident and did not show any sign of somebody harbouring any evil plans,” the man said.
Lukman has since been arrested and detained at the Omu-Aran Police Command.
(NAN)
