Hoodlums Cut Off Tongue Of 22 Years Old Boy

“I wanted to make a phone call but I had a low battery in my phone and so I went to the bus stop to charge it,” said Mr Ajomale, 22.

Two men were standing idly near the bus stop when Mr Saheed walked past on his way home. The two quickly turned after him and were joined by two others, who seemed to appear from the darkness, and they cornered and grabbed him at gun point.

“They injected me on my arm,” said Mr Ajomale.

“I found myself on the ground, after some minutes when I got up I saw blood everywhere. I was crawling when I saw one of my friends and he was asking me what happened. I told him to take me to the hospital first. That was how I found myself in the hospital.”

“There were four of them. I passed the first two before the other two joined them. One of them, his face looked familiar. I used to see him around the area,” he said.

The family said they "did not have money to give to the police."

Though he had been discharged from the Navy Town Hospital where he'd been taken to after the incident, Mr Ajomale said he is still in pains, especially on his tongue.

When he makes an effort to talk, a pool of blood mixed with saliva is seen. And he has to repeat himself so people could understand what he is saying.

"They said we should be bringing him to the hospital 6.30am in the morning for injections for four days," said Lekan.

"And that he should be drinking only pap and tea so that the wound would heal quick and even if he will not talk normally again, he would be able to talk without pains."