Ex-councillor stabs teenager for refusing advances

A former councillor of Amuwo-Odofin Local
Government Area of Lagos State, Onimole
Babatunde, is currently being detained at the
Area E Police Command, Festac, Lagos for
allegedly stabbing an 18-year-old girl in the
neck after she refused his advances at a night
club.
On October 26, Mariam Abubakar (pictured
above) went to Pearl Habour Night Club in
Rochester Garden Hotel, Festac to “catch
weekend fun.” Her friend, who pleaded
anonymity, said they only went there “to hang
out” when Babatunde, who was obviously
drunk, started to make advances to Abubakar.
She said, “She was not interested in him so she
did not answer when he called her. He was
dancing and Mariam (Abubakar) was sitting at a
table. He was obviously drunk and he came to
pull her.
“He was manhandling her and she insisted he
should leave her alone. This did not go down
well with Babatunde and he was really angry.
He went to a corner, took a bottle, broke it and
stabbed Mariam in the neck.”
According to the source, Babatunde fled the
scene immediately.
A police source at Area E told our
correspondent that the preliminary report
obtained indicated that the incident occurred at
about 1:30am. He said Abubakar bled profusely
at the scene before she was taken to Naval
Hospital, Ojo by sympathisers at the night club.
The source said she was not admitted because
those who took her there could not produce a
police report.
“That was when someone notified our station
(Area E Command) and we went to take her to
Ajeromi General Hospital,” he said.
It was learnt that as Abubakar was being taken
to the general hospital, she went into a coma.
She was said to have been revived at the
general hospital. A nurse at the hospital, who
craved anonymity, told our correspondent that
she had lost about 20 per cent of her blood.
Abubakar is currently under intensive care at
the hospital.
However, the police said the night club workers
destroyed evidence at the scene of the alleged
crime by cleaning up Abubakar’s blood on the
floor.
The hotel has currently been sealed off by the
police because the management did not report
the incident.
It was learnt that the police got wind of
Babatunde’s whereabouts, said to be holing up
somewhere in Ikoyi and called him to simply
come and write a statement. But he was
detained immediately he got to the station.
The police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, said
she had not been briefed on the case.
Source: Punch