A 20-year-old student of the Federal University Otuoke, Blessing Daniel, has narrated how alcohol influenced the maltreatment and near murder of her friend in a viral video that was circulated on social media.
It would be recalled that the suspect with three of her friends had lured the victim, Miss Nancy Wilfred, to their apartment, assaulted, stripped her naked, and humiliated her, while filming the attack which was intentionally released on social media.
Speaking during a parade of the suspects involved in the assault at the Bayelsa State Police Command headquarters in Yenagoa, the lead suspect who spoke on behalf of her friends said they attacked the victim because she lied about her using charms to attract men.
Regretting her actions, she however accused the victim (Nancy) of spreading malicious lies about her which prompted the attack on her.
“We were four, but Favour that sparked the attack is on the run. We didn’t know it was going to be this bad.
“If we were in our right selves we won’t have gone this far. She lied to people that I did ‘kayamata’, so I confronted her and she didn’t say anything.
“So, I slapped her and she pushed me and we started fighting”
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“We called her that the laundry man who does our washing wanted her to come and get her stuff.
“So, when she came, we were arguing inside the house before the incident occured. Favour sparked the anger in me that made the attack worst,” Blessing narrated.
Earlier, in a briefing in his office, the Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, Alonyenu Idu, commended the state Governor, Douye Diri, the wife of the governor, professional bodies, rights groups, and other community based organisations for the commitment in ensuring a crime free state.
He stated that criminal investigation into the incident in ensuring the culprits are brought to justice was already on, noting that it’s a case of indecent assault, attempted murder, grievous hurt, cyberbullying, cyberstalking and abduction of the victim.
He said: “This is a case of conspiracy to murder, abduction, cyber bullying and others which we will not take likely. There are four girls and we have three arrested, we are on the trail of the fourth person.
“We are working to ensure at the end of this investigation into this unwholesome acts, we will present a complete and detailed result and allow the judiciary to take over.”
