School of Health Technology thought that
it is only in war situations that tragic
tales are told by the victims, she would have
known better now as she tells her 'tragic' love
tale from her hospital bed where she has been a patient at the University of Benin Teaching
Hospital (UBTH), Benin City for the last three
months.
Blessing, 23, once thought that Okosun Cyril, the man she once loved, would never hurt a hair on her head but how wrong she was as he not only
bathed her with acid, but has left her in danger of being blind.
Doctors in the hospital believe she may never
see again except she is flown to a specialist
hospital in India, where her sight could
be restored.
Blessing's ordeal began when she told her
boyfriend – Cyril – who is now cooling his heels in police custody in Benin, that she was no longer interested in their 'uninspiring
relationship' but little did she know that the
decision did not go down well with him.
He visited her house and asked for a talk.
The victim had gone outside with the hope that her boyfriend wanted to iron out the grey areas and probably, convince her on the need to in the relationship, but to her shock, he bathed her with acid instead.
From that fateful day, she lost the use of her
eyes and has been on admission at the UBTH.
Narrating her sad ordeal, Blessing said:
"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 and pleaded with good spirited Nigerians to come to her aid as she has learnt what she said is 'the biggest lesson of my life.'
Hear her:
"I never knew he would have the heart to
pour acid on me. I made a mistake. I
have learnt the biggest lesson of my life
My prayer now is that
God should touch kind-hearted
Nigerians to come to my aide so that I
would be able to get treatment abroad,
since my parents cannot afford it."
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