Eighteen-year-old Boluwatife Ajadi had been looking forward to enjoying the New Year festivity with her family in peace and happiness, but she spent it in agony on a hospital bed, hanging on to life.



Boluwatife, who finished secondary school in September 2014, fell victim of a vicious attack by a scorned suitor, a young man who had been seeking her hand in a romantic friendship, around 11pm on
December 30, 2014.

But the culprit, 21-year-old Sakiru Buari, insisted that Boluwatife was his girlfriend.

When our correspondent visited Samas Hospital, a private health facility in Baruwa area of Lagos, there was no way of speaking with Boluwatife. She had been unable to speak since the attack, her family said. The
girl had been induced to sleep by the hospital staff.

Her elder sister, Adeola, who narrated what happened, said she had feared that her sister might not survive the attack which left a long and deep gash on her neck.

A picture of the fresh wound showed part of the girl’s neck, flesh that is almost the size of a palm, hanging loose.

“The man used a razor to cut her neck,” Adeola began.

“There was no doubt that he actually wanted to kill her. It all started about 11pm when we were hearing a noise outside our house on Alhaja Wasilat Street, Baruwa. Someone was shouting ‘thief, thief’ and we all rushed outside but I did not realise my sister was not inside with us.

“When I went outside, I saw someone staggering towards us holding her neck. She was struggling to call for help. By the time I realised it was my sister, she collapsed on the ground.”

Saturday PUNCH learnt that soon after the attack, neighbours who had heard Boluwatife’s initial alert for help, were able to catch Buari who had attempted to flee at the time.

“When they caught him, the man was even saying that he regretted that she did not die. All I could do was scream for help as I went to where my sister collapsed.

“At that time of the night, nobody was willing to help us. No vehicle stopped for us to take her to the hospital. At a point, I had to go to the middle of the road pleading for help.


A doctor holds Boluwatife’s flesh in place
to stop bleeding during treatment at a
hospital


“Eventually, a young man at the scene picked her up from the ground and carried her towards the nearest hospital with
the help of other eyewitnesses.”

By the time Boluwatife got to the hospital, she had lost so much blood that her soaked clothes were dripping blood, it was learnt.

Banging on the door of the hospital with screams, those who carried Boluwatife were admitted into the compound as the doctor on duty went to work on the barely conscious girl.

Adeola, said she had never seen the man who attacked her sister before that day and was sure he was not her sister’s boyfriend.

“The man must not escape justice,” she said. Their father, Gabriel, said he was not at home at the time of the attack but could not imagine what could have pushed the man to want to kill her daughter.

He said, “I even thought she was dead when I was called to the scene and saw the amount of blood on the ground.

“The place looked like a slab where an animal had been slaughtered. We are lucky that residents of our street called the beast who did this to my daughter.

“He said it to my face that he had no regret for what he did and was even angry that she survived the attack. At least, we are happy that he had confessed to the attack and we cannot wait to see him off to jail.”

The police at the Ipaja Division, Baruwa, have taken Buari into custody with promises that the suspect would be prosecuted appropriately since he had confessed to the crime.

The Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Ajewole Adebayo, a Chief Superintendent of Police, said Buari would be transferred to the Department of Criminal investigations, Yaba, Lagos, as soon as his men had finished their part of the investigations.

When our correspondent and child and woman rights activist, Esther Ogwu, visited the police division, Buari, who was still wearing the clothes soiled with bloodstains, had caked blood on his hands.

“I don’t know what came over me at the time,” he said. The young man who said he was from Abeokuta, Ogun State, explained that he dropped out of school in senior secondary year one.

“She is my girlfriend and I don’t have any reason to kill her. We did not fight. I just don’t know the spirit that came over me at the time I brought out a razor and slashed her neck. I know now that what I did was
terrible,” he said, as he looked away with.
Buari said both his parents were dead and that the only known relation he had was in Abeokuta.

He said he works as a barber even though he did not have a shop of his own.

Ogwu, who has taken over the girl’s case, said that the most important evidence of the case would be the explanation of the victim herself.

“Unfortunately, she is not in any condition to speak at this time. But like every case of assault involving women, we would ensure that the girl gets justice in this case,” she said.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/feature/super-saturday-crime/i-regret-slashing-my-girlfriends-neck-lagos-barber/

he he he the devil made me do it. Nigerians and devil vs God

d same way your family will regret you went to prison

Even Satan will shout Jesus at this horrible event... The baber must be crucified

This eediot should be locked in prison and the keys thrown into Atlantic Ocean. Ladies please be careful of some demons that call themselves humans

He's a big f00l.

This is wickedness.

a woman lost her husband who die of bp in my neighbourhood...1st jan 2015

Dis useless guy slash his gfs neck to see her pain in 2015....

Gosh re dis a sign of a danger in 2015:::

no matter what may happen dis year,our God will protect us and we shall not fall a terrible victim....amem

sorry dear......but wait ooh....na razor dey use cut dat kain tin

Alwys blaming d devil.wen devil will stay on hs own.
Buari will go n eat beans@kirikiri

Regret? Ok.

The judge won't regret his verdict.

NIGGA mistook olamide's song "gbobo owo to nu ma gain nire laye , ma gain nire lorun

so sad, glad she survived the horror. the beast should be locked up for life.

Make them carry the guy go drop for ikoyi or kirikiri make he dey cool him life there

Too bad...

too bad, Nigerians are fond of blaming the devil for their crimes


attempted murder attracts 25 years imprisonment.

if she dies, that's murder so na life sentence be that

Na devil cause am abii? He should also blame that devil in jail. Freaking iddiot.

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Na wa for this man ... he just portrayed the character being exhibited by our leaders. they behave like aliens or humans without sense. which right thinking or rational human would do this. he should be sentenced to death by hanging.

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What this guy destiny dey prison

Ladies really have to be very careful with whom they choose as spouses. Don't ignore negative warning signals.

A man that claims he wants to marry you and can slit your throat with a blade must have violence tendencies you noticed, mostly through outright rage during misunderstandings, slap and punches that will likely lead to domestic violence in the marriage.

Yet, some ladies will close their eyes claiming love is blind.

Well, in this case it may be she sensed some of this tendencies, hence, the refusal of the proposal.

Who knows if her collection of 3k for hair from him after the disappointment aggreviated his pain.


PS: Ladies, the food wey you no go chop, no smell am for nose.

This world is indeed a wicked place .....between, what kind of lady would want to settle down with a lagos barber in this present age? For the Guys, forget marriage hustle hard to build a Career and then other things will fall in place.

wah duh

jeeeeeeeez.What a sight!!!

good...runz gals beware....you are next!

hmmm.. na wa

This world is indeed a wicked place ..@18/21 you are already thinking about gf/bf This world is indeed a wicked place .....between, what kind of lady would want to settle down with a lagos barber in this present age? For the Guys, forget bf-gf/marriage, hustle hard to build a Career and then other things will fall in place.

jingh:
d same way your family will regret you went to prison

not getting your point....between, what kind of lady would want to settle down with a school dropout and a lagos barber in this present age? For the Guys, forget bf-gf/marriage, hustle hard to build a Career and then other things will fall in place.

jingh:
d same way your family will regret you went to prison

not getting your point.

Lagos na waa o. I know he must have been sent by the power drunk south west politicians to get them a virgin's human head/blood. But he was caught. Police should torture him till he confesses the particular APC or PDP candidates that sent him the message.