A young man identified as Yinka Offehin is
currently battling for his life at a private hospital
in Lagos after the children of his landlady,
named Damilola Olaleye & Solomon Olowogbemi,
allegedly attacked him cutting off his scrotum.
The alleged attack took place at Popoola Street,
off Abaranje Road in the Ikotun area of Lagos
and was said to have happened as Offehun was
sleeping with his family in his room. The tenant
was said to have attacked by the landlady's
children over a disagreement he had with their
mother, who'd asked him to vacate her
compound immediately
Narrating what led to the unfortunate incident,
Yinka's wife, Bisi Offehin said...continue...
“On Thursday morning, around 3am, while
we were sleeping, we heard loud bangs on
our door. We initially thought they were
armed robbers because the house beside
ours had recently been robbed. When they
entered, we saw they were children of our
landlady. They began destroying our
electronics and other property. There were
two of them. One held a knife in his hand.
They took N800, 000. They descended on
my husband and he also fought back. In
that confusion, my husband shouted and
we saw that one of the attackers had cut
Yinka’s scrotum. I can’t say what they
used to cut off my husband’s scrotum.”
She said even in so much pain, her husband was
able to hold on to one of his attackers till dawn,
while the other fled the scene.
Offehin, while narrating what led to the attack,
said;
“I was asked to leave the house
immediately, but after the intervention of
the traditional ruler of the community, I
was asked to leave by the end of August.
But that decision did not go down well with
the children of my landlady and they
continued to make trouble with me. I was
already planning to leave their house and
had even contacted an agent when they
attacked me without any provocation. I
want the government to fight for me,” he
said.
Doctors at the hospital where he is being
treated say they have stitched the scrotum but
that the wound would take up to three months
to heal. Family sources say they have spent
over N60,000 for his treatment and that they
have been told by doctors that if the wound
does not heal, he might have to undergo a
surgery.
When contacted, father of the suspects who is a
pastor asked that the matter be left for God to
decide as both suspects are now in police cell
"I am sorry; I can’t speak with you on this
matter. You know the matter is already
with the police and those they accused of
committing the offence are in the police
cell. So, what do you want me to say? I
was told they are taking the matter to
court. Let’s leave everything to God.” he
said
The Lagos state Police spokeswoman who
confirmed the incident said both suspects are
currently in police custody
"It was around 3am, while the victim was
sleeping in his room, that one Solomon
Olowogbemi and Damilola Olayeye, the
children of his landlady, came in and
started fighting with him. In the process,
they inflicted injury on him with an
unknown object. The skin of his scrotum
was partly cut off, thereby exposing one of
his testicles. The two suspects have been
arrested and detained and the victim taken
to a hospital.” she said
