If anyone had told Blessing Ikhumhi that Okosun Cyril, the man she once loved, man she once saw as “the best thing that could ever happen to her would turn around and bath her with acid, she would not have believed it.
Their romance turned sour with a tragic consequence for Blessing, a 23-year-old student of Edo State School of Health Technology. And doctors believe she may never see again except she is flown to a specialist hospital in India, where her sight could be restored.
Blessing’s very sad ordeal began when she told his boyfriend, who is now in police custody in Benin, that she was no longer interested in what she described as “uninspiring relationship.”
The news did not go down well with him. He visited her house and asked for a talk.
The victim had gone outside to meet with the man whom she thought might have come to settle with her and probably, persuade her to continue in the relationship, but to Blessing’s shock, she was bathed with acid.
From that fateful day, she has seized to see and has been on admission at the UBTH.
“He was my boyfriend and we had
arguments in February. He beat me to the extent that I was not able to go to school for three days. I told him I was no longer interested in the relationship. He later tried to forcibly take my telephone, but I refused to give it to him. I told him he was not the one who bought it for me.”
“On March 23, he called and asked me to meet him in front of our house. I refused initially, but he insisted, so I came out. He asked: “Do you mean you don’t want me again?” I said: “No! I was no more interested in the relationship. And immediately, he poured the acid on my face. Since that day, I have been on admission at the UBTH and the doctors say I might not see again except I am flown to India where my eyes could be restored. “
She noted that Cyril was the last person she expected to treat her so badly.
“I never knew he would have the heart to pouracid on me. I made a mistake. I have learnt the biggest lesson of my life.
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