The case of a brutal assault against two women in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos state has come up for public hearing at the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The State House of Assembly had commissioned a committee to investigate the case of two women who were stripped naked, beaten and tortured by unknown men in a market located in Ejigbo Local Government Area of Lagos state for allegedly stealing pepper.
Telling the public and the lawmakers what he knows, the Chairman of the Local Council, Kehinde Bamigbetan, accepted that the barbaric incident took place in his locality in February 2013.
According to him, he took his hands off the case when the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ejigbo Police Station accepted that he was aware of the crime and that investigation was on going.
Although the hearing has commenced, the victims are yet to be seen to speak for themselves while the culprits are yet to be fished out. This is according to the petitioner and leader of an NGO, Women Arise, Dr Joe Okei Odumakin.
One of the women (the younger victim) is feared to be dead while the older victim is said to have relocated to Kogi state. The husband of the older victim, who is said to be a palm wine tapper, has relocated to a different street in the same locality.
At the hearing, the Chairman of the Committee on the Public Hearing announced that anyone with useful information that will lead to the apprehension of the criminals will be rewarded with 1 million naira and an extra 250,000 naira from him.
