Punch Metro reports that a 52-year-old housewife, Olasunkanmi Lawal, has lost the use of one of her eyes after a scuffle with her mother-in-law, Aduke Awakan. She was also said to have been attacked by her sisters-in-law, Bose Showole (39) and Oduntan Enitan (24), at their family house on Isale-Agbede Street, on the Lagos Island area of Lagos State. The case was reported at the Adeniji Adele Police Station, leading to the arrest of the suspects. The victim explained that she was attacked because she stopped giving money to the septuagenarian. In her words:
“My husband and I live in the family house and we have been there since 1989. We have two children. However, my mother-in-law started keeping malice with me after I stopped giving her money. I lost my jewellery business due to the demolition of my shop in 2014 and because of that; I could no longer support her.”
“On Saturday, January 16, around 4pm, I returned from work and I met her at home. When I greeted her, she shunned me. I was surprised because I never had any disagreement with her.“Before I knew it, one of her children, Bose (Showole), punched me in the left eye. I fought back. Her grandchild, Enitan, used stone to hit me in the same eye, while the woman herself hit me with a chair. Blood started coming out from the eye.”
“She stopped me midway and said I should go to the hospital for treatment. But when I returned to finish writing the statement, she said it was no longer necessary. Even the DPO queried her for the action,” she added.
“It was about 4pm. I was at home when Alhaja (Lawal) came in and greeted me and I told her not to greet me again.Alhaja is the wife of my son. I asked her not to greet me because the previous day, she abused me indirectly and I decided not to reply her greetings again.”“So, when she came in and greeted me, I shunned her, but one of my daughters intervened.”She said Lawal and her daughter had an argument which degenerated into a fight.“I don’t know how she got injured in the eye,” she added.
“I pushed her hand and she slapped me on the face. Then we started fighting. She held my clothes and I did the same. I don’t know what happened to her eye,” she said.