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Caroline Anande, a widow with seven
children who resides in Abuja, has
narrated how her younger sister was
shot in the mouth by armed
robbers.
The victim, Geri can no longer speak
after her tongue was hit by her
assailants’ bullet. She can no longer
turn her head either because the
bullet hit part of her neck.
Right now she lies helplessly in bed
with sanitary tissues stuffed into the
mouth to suck up saliva that drips
uncontrollably from there.
Her elder sister narrates the tragic
incident thus:
“My heart is heavy, I am
heartbroken looking at my sister
lying in pains, and she was
supporting me immensely with the
little income since my husband
died.
We had been managing to cope
with our lean resources until armed
robbers surfaced to wipe sleep
away from our eyes.
“Geri, always leaves home at
4:30am for work, even though she
left at 5am that morning, because
of the daily traffic on the Nyanya-
Mararaba express, Abuja.
“My sister testified after regaining
consciousness on a written note,
how a masked armed robber
snatched her phone and handbag.
Thereafter, commanded her to
undress, she pleaded with them,
they were two men the unmasked
man was behind backing them
while the operation was going on.
But, they shouted at her to undress
amid her pleas explaining that she
was menstruating. But these evil
agents insisted on raping her.
“In the struggle, she screamed loud
in fear for help, and that angered
the armed man wearing mask that
shot a bullet into her mouth and
vanished, leaving her unconscious
and bleeding.
“It was an okada rider residing
within their vicinity that called to
inform the sister of the incident.
“In fact, I was devastated seeing
her helpless on the ground.
Sincerely I thought she was already
dead with the quantity of blood on
the ground and on her body from
heavy bleeding.
I remain thankful to God and my
neighbours who assisted to take
her to the Nyanya General hospital
where received initial treatment to
revive her before she was referred
to the Maitama General Hospital
where they told us that her was
affected by the shot and her tongue
almost chopped off.
“The hospital said a surgery to
remove the pellets would only be
possible after the wound in her
mouth healed.
We believe God for her healing and
the possibility of financial provision
for the surgery.”
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