A 33 years old barber, Falegan and indigene of Erinjiyan Ekiti, in Ekiti West local government area of the state, is now hospitalized following an alleged attack on him by three suspected assailants identified as butchers at a viewing centre in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday night.
The suspected assailants who have been arrested and detained at a Police station located along new Iyin Road in Ado-Ekiti allegedly attacked the victims over a minor aguement at the viewing centre.
The victim, who is now receiving treatment at a private medical centre in the state had a deep cut in the head and body while being attacked by the suspects with cutlasses and knives.
Narrating his ordeal to journalists on the hospital bed on Thursday, Falegan said the suspects were having altercation with a brother at the viewing centre before he got there only for them to allegedly pounced on him upon sighting him at the venue.
He said he passed out when the attackers stabbed him in the head and body and only regained consciousness when he got to the hospital.
Falegan added that the attackers allegedly stole his Techno L9+ phone worth N70,000 and cash sum of N10,000 during the attack, he described as unwarranted.
“I didn’t have any misunderstanding with any of them before, but we live within the same vicinity.
” I got home around 9.30pm on Wednesday after closing and when I got home, I leant my younger brother was still at the viewing centre and I had to go there to bring him home, because it was already late .
“When I got there, they had an argument with my brother and when I beckoned on him to follow me home, the boys started harassing me .They started by slapping me and caused commotion in the area.
“Later, they started attacking me with cutlasses and knives which they hid under their dresses.
” The viewers at the centre had to run for their lives. There was uproar everywhere and when I ran to escape, they chased me and stabbed me until I fainted before they left.
“As they were doing this, my brother had rushed home to intimate my wife and the two of them went to the police station to affect their arrest”, he stated.
The Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, said the command won’t tolerate of hooliganism and disruption of public peace by any individual .
The PPRO added that the perpetrators have been arrested and would be charged to court after the investigations must have been concluded.
” We are investigating the matter and if they turn out to be culpable, then the law will take its full course, they shall be brought to justice “, he said.
