The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday stated that a 61-year-old man has been arrested for cutting off the hand of an 11-year-old boy at Okoko area of Lagos, Nigeria.
The elderly man with the name Jeremiah Obifor, was said to have descended on the hand of Goodluck Amechi on the reason that he (Obifor) thought that Amechi wanted to steal his fishes.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, on June 7, 2019 at about 12.20pm, one Doris Isaac of No.6 Ajanaku Street, Okoko reported at Okoko Police Station that on the same date at about 8.20am, her foster son, Goodluck Amechi, 11, was attacked with a matchete by one Jeremiah Obifor, 61.
The police spokesperson had insisted that the right hand of Amechi was chopped-off, and consequently rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
Elkana said: “The victim was rushed to Igando General Hospital. The suspect alleged that, he saw the victim around his fish pond and thought that he came to steal his fish that was why he attacked him.
“Investigation is ongoing and the suspect will be charged to Court.”
