Chike Egbo, the 25-year-old student of Enugu State College of Education, who was bathed with acid by her estranged fiancé, David Suleiman, in November, has been reported dead.
Vanguard gathered that, Chika gave up the ghost early Thursday
morning, on her hospital bed, at the Burns Unit of the Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
Her father, Matthew Egbo,
who confirmed the incident told Vanguard that his daughter fell into
comma around 11: pm Wednesday night and was placed on a life-support
machine before she gave up the ghost around 1:00 am, Thursday morning.
Suleiman
was alleged to have attacked Chika and an Okada rider, identified as
Sunny Daniel with a can of acid at Bakare Street, Ikotun, Lagos, on
November 5, 2012, following Chika’s refusal to allow him access to their
only child.
Suleiman, who was subsequently arrested by the
police in Ikotun Police Station and was transferred to the Homicide
Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, in Yaba,
was later charged to an Ebute-Meta Magistrate court where he was
arraigned on a two counts charge of attempted murder and “causing
grievous bodily harm.
Magistrate O. Olatunji who presided over
the case granted him bail of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
The Magistrate in his ruling stated that the sureties must be blood
relations and must present evidence of tax clearance.
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