Widow Plucks Out 73-Year-Old Man’s Eyeballs In Enugu

A woman has been remanded in a correctional centre after she reportedly removed two eyes of a man identified as Chief Oforbuike Ani, in Enugu State.

A woman recognised as Blessing Nwatu, 38, has been arrested by Policemen in Amodu Akunanaw, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State after she allegedly pulled out two eyeballs of the Chief.

Naija News learned that Nwatu, a widow had attacked the 73-year-old man with a brick block at his residence while he was taking his rest.

It was said that Nwatu took with her a knife and pluck out Ani’s eyes and left him in a pool of his own blood.

Neighbours took note of the incident and immediately made contact with one of Ani’s sons residing in the city to inform him of the happening.

However, Ani later died after he was taken to the hospital in Enugu State, where he was confirmed dead by a doctor.

Reacting to Ani’s death, his son, Barry, expressed how the sudden death of his father hits him.

He said; “My father’s killing hits me like a thunderbolt, but thanked God that the perpetrator had been arrested.”

“On February 21, 2020, I received a call from my father’s best friend that I should come home immediately because my father was seriously ill. I thought maybe it was his usual illness. So, I rushed home.

“While on my way to the village, I started receiving calls that I should come home because a woman used a knife to pluck out my father’s eyes.

“When I got home, I saw my father lying down in a pool of blood in the compound with his two eyes plucked out. I asked a woman I saw in the neighbourhood where the perpetrator was, but she advised that I should take my father to hospital first. I took her advice and rushed my father to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla.

“I met a doctor at the Emergency Unit and he asked me what happened to my father; I could not tell him much, because I didn’t have the details and he told me to get a police report before the hospital would start treatment.”

He added, “He accepted to commence treatment and I went to the Agbani Police Division, where I reported the incident. Immediately the DCO saw the pictures of the incident, he followed me to the hospital to see my father. It was at the hospital that the DCO called his men to go to my community to arrest the perpetrator.

“When I left the hospital with the DCO, I got a call from the doctor asking me where my father’s eyes were and if I picked them. I told him no and he said that I should go and bring the eyes. I came back to the village but could not find them. I went back to tell the doctor that I couldn’t find them.

“Since February 21, 2020, the doctors started battling to save my father’s life, but on February 28, he passed away and because he had instructed that his body should not be kept in the mortuary, we had to bury him today (Tuesday) according to his last wish.”

Blessing Nwatu, however, has been remanded in a correctional centre in the state, according to a statement confirmed to newsmen by the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe.

In another development, some suspected gunmen have killed two people in Bagwai town in Kano State, the incident was confirmed by Kano State Police Command on Tuesday.