Alabi Olokode, who made advances to Lateefah Adesope, a National Diploma holder turned him down on the grounds that her heart was not with him. Like a desperate man that he is, he persisted but Lateefah maintained her stand. This, however, did not go down well with the desperate suitor.
Lateefah set out for mosque around 5.30am on December 30, 2011, for her prayers. She said, “I was on my way to say my morning prayers at Tekunudeen Mosque, Aboru on Friday, December 30, 2011, when Olokode, who was hiding near the mosque, suddenly called my name. As I turned back, he poured a liquid substance on my face.
“The liquid went straight into my eyes and started burning my face. At that time, I didn’t know it was acid but I just realised that I couldn’t open my eyes because of the burning sensation I was having.
“When I started screaming, people around me confirmed it was acid because the substance consumed part of my veil.”
She was immediately rushed to the General Hospital, Oke-odo area of Lagos, where she was given first aid before she was transferred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. After spending a few weeks at the LASUTH, Lateefah was told by the attending doctor that she would not be able to see again.
Her mother, Haulatu, , said she had to take her daughter to another hospital for a second opinion. She later took her to Antilla Catholic Hospital Eye Centre, Agege, and the doctor told her that if she had been brought earlier, she would not have lost her sight.
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