The three children who suffered
serious injuries following an unexpected attack by a monkey in Illado, Ikorodu,
Lagos, are receiving treatment at the Shallom Hospital in the area, the Police
in Lagos said on Thursday.
The children, attacked on Tuesday,
are eight-year-old girl, Funmilayo Gbadegeshin, two siblings Roda and Emmanuel
Alombo.
Eyewitnesses said that the monkey is
owned by one Mrs Daniel, popularly known as “Iya Ibeji’ who also resides in
Illado also.
Mr Babatunde Oyesola, one of the
residents, who said he witnessed the incident, said that the monkey left the
owner’s house and went into the Gbadegeshin’s home.
It attacked Funmilayo right in the
parents’ home as she just returned from school.
He added that after the she was
rescued and was rushed to a nearby hospital the monkey moved to another house
belonging to Mr Alombo to attack Roda and Emmanuel.
The children had just returned from
school also.
Oyesola said that neighbours on
hearing the shout of the girl, felt she was being scolded by her older sister.
“The incident happened at about 4.30
p.m. when the children had just returned from school.
“I heard Funmilayo shouting and
crying, so, I felt her sister was beating her for something she did, but when
the cry did not stop, I decided to check what was happening myself.
“When I got there, I saw blood all
over the place and saw a monkey jumping out from the window but because of what
I saw, I had to save the girl first.
“We noticed that the vein on her
right hand has been cut off and the blood was seriously rushing out of it,’’ he
said.
Oyesola added that while Funmilayo
was being attended to in the hospital, other children who were attacked by the
monkey too were rushed in.
Another eyewitness, who pleaded
anonymity, said the monkey had been attacking people in the area and that
necessary precautions had not been taken by the owner.
The victim’s father, Mr Mojeed
Gbadegeshin, who was away when the incident occurred, said he was called from
work that the monkey had attacked his daughter.
“When I got to the hospital, I met a
crowd and I was asked to go inside and see the state the monkey left my
daughter.
“Afterwards the owner of the monkey
came without uttering a word of sympathy and she only left with the monkey,’’ he
said.
Gbadegeshin said that a report was
made by well-wishers in the area to Igbogbo Barracks Police Division.
The police were said to have
arrested the monkey and its owner.
Confirming the arrest, the Lagos
State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said the owner and the
monkey were already in custody.
“One of the children was badly
injured and the other two were mildly injured but they are currently being
treated.
“Also, necessary precautions will be
taken to check such attacks by animals reared by people in communities.
“Necessary tests will be carried out
on the children to ensure that the monkey is a healthy animal and that the
children are free from any form of disease,’’ he said. (NAN)
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