Residents of Big Daddy Street in the Atinplome, Bagadry area of Lagos
State on Tuesday stormed an uncompleted building in the area, which they
suspected to be a ritual killer’s den, after a female victim raised the
alarm.
PUNCH Metro learnt that at about 12am, while a carnival
went on in the area, a woman in her late 20s, whose name had yet to be
known, had run into the party with her throat partly cut, while blood
was streaming out of her body.
It was gathered that the girl,
who later became unconscious and was rushed to a private hospital in the
area, told the partying crowd that an alfa, identified as Mallam Sheu,
had tricked her into the uncompleted structure before slitting her
throat with a knife.
The matter was said to have
been reported at the Morogbo Police Division, and some policemen came to
the scene, but the alfa was said to have fled the uncompleted
apartment.
It was learnt that in the morning, more residents
thronged the area and they were said to have found bloodstains, old
clothes, charms and ladies’ clothes inside the structure.
Speaking
with PUNCH Metro, a resident who identified herself as Mummy Eso, said
youths in the area attempted to burn the den in the afternoon, thinking
that the girl had died as a result of her injuries.
Mummy Eso added that the alfa did not stay in the area and nobody suspected that he used the place for evil purpose.
She said, “There was commotion in our area in the midnight when boys
holding a street party saw the girl bleeding from the throat. The girl,
who just managed to speak, pointed to the structure and said an alfa had
attempted to kill her, but she managed to escape.“One of her
hands had also been tampered with. So, the youths became furious and
headed for the uncompleted building. Some policemen, who were also on
guard duties at the carnival were informed about the incident and they
went too. But information had got to the man, and he escaped before they
could arrest him.“Since morning, people have been coming to the area to check the building. They attempted to burn it in the afternoon.”
Another resident, identified as Akeem Ajao, who visited the
building, said the youths found old bloodstains, clothes and charms.
He said, “The lady ran into the carnival with blood streaming out of her
body. One of those at the carnival saw her and came to her rescue. She
said a man was in the house trying to slaughter her.“We rushed
the girl to a hospital, where she is now receiving treatment. We did not
know that the alfa used the house to do evil works. The girl’s clothes
were bloodstained. The police have also come to the area this morning.“When
I entered the house, I saw bloodstains, charms and a human bone was
also in the man’s car – a Gulf 4 vehicle. It was the boys holding the
carnival who noticed the girl.“The girl’s neck was cut. Nobody knows the family of the girl involved. The man has run away from the area.”
Our correspondent gathered that the alfa had been having an affair
with the lady, before he took her to the uncompleted building on the
evening of the carnival.
The lady was said to have come from the Igando area to Atinplome.