The bar
The Ogun State Police
Command is presently searching for a bar manager, Mr. Bidemi Shittu, who
allegedly poured petrol on his 13-year-old attendant, Ezekiel Emmanuel, and set
him ablaze.
It was gathered that
the manager took the action because the teenager reportedly stole N1,500 from
him.
According to Punch, the incident happened
in the Akoka area of Ibafo, Ogun State, on Monday, February 9.
The runaway suspect,
Bidemi, who is married with children, was the manager of Golden Fingers Bar in
the area, while Emmanuel was one of his attendants.
Bidemi, who had accused
Emmanuel of theft on Sunday, allegedly tied the teenager’s hands and feet in a
room in his bar till Monday, waiting for him to admit the offence.
It was gathered that on
Monday, at about 11.30pm, Bidemi brought Emmanuel out to the front of the bar,
poured petrol on the boy and set fire on him.
Punch learnt that some
residents, who were out at the time, rescued the victim.
They were said to have
rushed Emmanuel to a private hospital in the area where he was initially
treated before he was referred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital,
Ikeja, Lagos, the following day.
The matter was reported
to the Ibafo Police Division, and the policemen sealed off the bar.
However, it was
gathered that the suspect, Bidemi, fled before he could be arrested.
Emmanuel’s uncle, Mr.
Toyin Olayemi, said the boy was rejected by four different hospitals before he
was eventually taken to LASUTH.
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