Pastor Olawale (Solomon) Anthony, whose skull was fractured by some assailants suspected to be members of the Badoo cult, has been rejected by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
PUNCH Metro learnt from the victim’s family that the hospital management, which claimed not to have any available bed space, also demanded the payment of N2m for surgery before any other thing could be done on the cleric.
This is just as the group killed a couple, identified as Mr. Olaitan Oseni and Mrs. Oseni, on their matrimonial bed on Friday in the Ogijo area of Ikorodu.
PUNCH Metro had reported that Olawale’s family was attacked around 2am on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at their house on Obayemi Street, Lambo Lasunwon Town, opposite Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu.
PUNCH Metro had reported that Olawale’s family was attacked around 2am on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at their house on Obayemi Street, Lambo Lasunwon Town, opposite Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu.
The assailants were said to have smashed a mortar on the cleric’s head.
The wife, Edith Anthony, told our correspondent on Sunday that one of the attackers smashed the mortar on her head as well before she wriggled out to call for help.
She said, “It was the cry of my baby that woke me up that night. When I woke up, I sighted a strange man in our house. He was stark naked and had a mortar in his hand.
When I asked him who he was and what he was looking for, he asked me to shut up. He hit my head and shoulder with the mortar. I managed to run out and call for help.
“When he saw that people were mobilising, he fled together with his accomplice who was outside. I shook my husband several times and saw that he was unconscious and was bleeding in the head. We rushed him to a private hospital.”
Our correspondent was told that he was referred to the Ikorodu General Hospital, from where he was again referred to LASUTH.
The family members said when nobody paid them attention at LASUTH, they transferred him to the General Hospital, Lagos Island.
The immediate past chairman, Orija Community Development Association, Debo Obayemi, whose car was used to convey the victim around, said Olawale was admitted to the General Hospital, Lagos Island, where he spent some days before going through an X-ray.
According to him, the doctor at the hospital referred them back to LASUTH, saying the test result showed that he sustained fracture in the skull.
“We were told that he would need to undergo an operation and it could only be done at LASUTH. They asked us to go back there. When we got there, LASUTH officials requested the payment of N2m for the operation. They also said there was no bed space. They however, gave the family a date to come for an appointment to see a doctor. The community has been struggling to raise money, all to no avail and we don’t want him to die. He is presently at home. He needs urgent help,” he added.
Our correspondent sighted an appeal letter, dated June 19, and addressed to the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Sanai Agunbiade.
Source Punch Newspaper.
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