Barber In Lagos State Slashes His Girlfriends Neck With A Razor (Pictured)

Eighteen-year-old Boluwatife Ajadi had been looking forward to enjoying the New Year festivity with her family in peace and happiness, but she spent it in agony on a hospital bed, hanging on to life. 

Boluwatife, who finished secondary school in September 2014, fell victim of a vicious attack by a scorned suitor, a young man who had been seeking her hand in a romantic friendship, around 11pm on December 30, 2014. The culprit, 21-year-old Sakiru Buari, however insists that the victim Boluwatife was his girlfriend.

When news men visited Samas Hospital, a private health facility in Baruwa area of Lagos, there was no way of speaking with Boluwatife. She had been unable to speak since the attack. The girl had been induced to sleep by the hospital staff. Her elder sister, Adeola, who narrated what happened, said she had feared that her sister might not survive the attack which left a long and deep gash on her neck.

Neighbours who had heard Boluwatife’s initial alert for help, were able to catch Buari who had attempted to flee at the time. Eventually, a young man at the scene picked her up from the ground and carried her to the nearest hospital with the help of other eyewitnesses. By the time Boluwatife got to the hospital, her clothes were soaked with her own blood which she had lost a lot of.

The father of the girl identified as Gabriel, said he was not at home at the time of the attack but could not imagine what could have pushed the man to want to kill her daughter.

When news men visited the police division, Buari, who was still wearing the clothes soiled with bloodstains, had clotted blood on his hands. During an interrogation, he said he was from Ogun State and explained that he dropped out of school. He however, said he didn't know the spirit that came over him because he never had the intention of hurting her talk more of slashing her neck with a razor. Buari said both his parents were dead and that the only known relation he had was in Abeokuta. He said he works as a barber even though he did not have a shop of his own.