PHOTO: Cultists Machete Female NYSC Member In Bayelsa

by **SKOOKID** Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:41 pm

A 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps,
NYSC, member serving in Bayelsa State, Miss
Folakemi Akinbode, is now struggling for her life
at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital,
Okolobiri, following a brutal attack from
suspected cultists.

The incident occurred, Monday, at about 8.30pm at
Obunagha community in the Yenagoa Local
Government Area of the state.

Miss Akinbode, an indigene of Ondo State, a graduate Nurse of the Madonna University serving
at NDU Teaching Hospital was returning from work
when she was ambushed by two suspected cultists
along a lonely bush path leading to the corpers'
lodge where she resides.

Her right hand was almost chopped off by her
assailants who are now at large.

It was learnt that but for the hand she raised to
defend herself the attackers could have killed her as
the machete was aimed at her head.

The victim was said to have ran to the lodge with
her injuries shouting "help, help, help…" after which
she collapsed and lost consciousness due to
excessive bleeding from the almost severed hand.

A source told our correspondent that "though she
had been given three pints of blood, she is yet to
regain consciousness."

Troubled by the development, the traditional ruler
of the community, Chief Apoh Godgive, the Ibolou
XI, was said to have ordered the immediate setting
up of vigilante group in the community with a view
to fishing out the perpetrators of the crime.

Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer,
DSP Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the incident, saying
the command has launched manhunt for the
fleeing attackers.

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