LAGOS: Boy, 13, bathes girl with acid on 14th birthday
What was supposed to be a joyous 14th birthday celebration quickly turned sour as the celebrant, Victoria Emmanuel, was bathed with acid by a friend.
Victoria, who had notified her friends about her upcoming birthday, didn’t know the day would leave her scarred forever.
Victoria’s friend, 13-year-old Moshood Yusuf, allegedly rained acidic content on her while others bathed her with water.
The liquid quickly burnt part of her face, chest and back. She was said to have slipped into coma and rushed to the hospital.
The unfortunate incident reportedly happened at Mafoluku, Oshodi area of Lagos on March 29.
The victim narrated the incident to The Nation reporters on Thursday, “I was carrying a big bucket on my head but on the road, they put it down and started pouring the water on me to celebrate my birthday. Some were pouring dirty water on me and others sand.
“That was how Moshood ran into a shop and brought out a container. There was something inside and I told him not to pour it on me because we don’t know what was in it. He opened it, smelled it and said it smelt like chemical.”
“We told him again that he shouldn’t pour that on me but he didn’t listen. As I walked past him, he poured the content on my body from behind. I screamed and ran towards the tap but he got there before me and opened it so that water would pour on my body.
“While I was under the tap, the woman who owns the place chased us away that I was wasting her water, though she owed me N70.”
Moshood was arrested and released. He claimed he didn’t know the content of the container before pouring on Victoria.
The shop owner had reportedly denied keeping acid in her shop.
Moshood’s parents have reportedly visited the victim’s parents, but Victoria’s mother said her injury was gulping too much money and had put her business on hold.
