A female suspect in the
custody of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba,
Lagos State, has been taken by the police to the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric
Hospital, Yaba, to determine her state of health.
The suspect, whose name had yet to be
ascertained, was arrested after two missing siblings were found with her in
Ojuwoye Market, Mushin.
Punch learnt that the suspect
had been creating confusion at the SCIID.
She was said to have
stripped naked on numerous occasions, including the times she was taken out of
her cell to give her statement to the police.
It was gathered that she also attacked other
suspects in her cell, which made the authorities at the SCIID to move her to a
solitary cell.
A source at the SCIID told one of our
correspondents that at the solitary cell, the suspect continued to strip
herself naked and was fond of dancing with vigour.
“Since the time they brought her, she had
been misbehaving. We initially thought she was putting up a show, but we
discovered it was not ordinary.
“She could dance from morning till night
although nobody heard the music she was dancing to. She would suddenly remove
her clothes, sometimes tearing the clothes off her body. We have tried to
take her statement many times, but each time, she stripped herself naked. We
usually had to force her to wear the clothes.
“We had to isolate her in a cell so that there
would be peace.
“She eats like elephant and as soon as she
wolfs down her food, she would start dancing. If you don’t give her food, it is
another problem. If you ask for her name, she will give you more than three
names in a second. She had claimed to be Ganiyat, Cynthia, Sola, among other
names,” the source added.
It was gathered that the police at the SCIID
decided to take the woman to the neuro-psychiatric hospital to determine
whether she was acting or her ailment was real.
Punch learnt that doctors at
the hospital, after reportedly ascertaining that she was mentally unstable,
told the police to bring her back on Thursday, September 15, for a proper test.
Another source told Punch’s correspondents that
the policemen at the SCIID decided to look for her family, but their efforts
had been abortive.
She said, “It was as if she dropped from
heaven. Nobody has come to look for her. We went to where she was arrested, but
nobody knew where she came from. The suspect has refused to supply any
information. She has been busy dancing and making a nuisance of herself. If her
relatives show up, we may release her to them for proper care. If not, she will
be charged to court and the court can determine her fate.”
It was reported last Monday that the suspect
was mobbed while allegedly attempting to flee with two siblings, identified as
Hammed Rasheed (6), and Farida Raheed (2).
Their mother, Simbiat, was attending to a
customer when the suspect took them away.
It was reported that the suspect, who is about
22-year-old, would have been lynched but for the timely response of policemen
from the Olosan Police Division.
The case was subsequently transferred to the
SCIID.
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