A 54-year-old widow identified as Comfort Isong and her daughter Emmanuela were victims of a masked attacker with an intent to murder mother and daughter
The attacker who nearly succeeded in his evil intentions had gained entry into the building after bribing the guard on duty with three thousand naira, N3,000. The incident happened in the busy Isheri Oke area of Lagos State. They were saved only by the quick response of neighbours. The alleged attacker was known to the community.
Comfort Isong narrates the attack to reporters:
“Around 2 am on Tuesday, November 15, my daughter and I were sleeping when we heard a bang on our door. As I opened the door to check what was happening, a masked man brought out a knife and said he had come to kill us.
“Before I could utter a word, he pounced on me and stabbed me. My daughter rushed out of her room. She tried to unmask him, but he overpowered her and stabbed her in five different parts of the body. He escaped through the fence.
“He did not demand money or property. He only shouted that he had come to finish us. When he noticed that some neighbours were coming to our apartment, he escaped through the fence where he came from.
“When he was caught and unmasked, he turned (out) to be John who lives in the neighbourhood. He is a drummer in a church in our community. We later learnt from the police that he paid N3,000 to a guard to gain access into the community.”
The Lagos State Acting Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, gave no more details of the incident but said the case will be handled by the police and if there is information for the public, it will be shared duly.
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