Patience Jonathan’s cousin arrested over alleged attempted murder

A man identified as Victor Oba, who is reportedly Patience Jonathan’s cousin has been arrested by the Bayelsa State Police Command over an alleged attempt to murder his girlfriend.

According to a report by The Nation, Oba is the Manager of the first lady’s hotel, Aridolf Hotels and Spars, and he was reported to have hit the 23-year-old lady with his Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) damaging her left leg beyond treatment.

After hitting her, Oba left the girl for dead and zoomed off with his car, but was later apprehended and taken to the Azikoro Police Station.

The Nation reports that the lady, Seigha Atia, is currently battling for her life at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Yenagoa.

A visit to the hospital revealed that doctors are having busy schedules battling to save Atia who is in critical condition as she screamed intermittently in pains with blood dripping from her swollen leg.

Narrating the incident, Atia said:

“On the day of the incident, we had an argument and he called me and asked me to come outside of our gate to get the rest of my things in his car.

“He said he was driving to our area at Ox-Bow Lake to come and give me my things since I was no longer interested in the relationship.

“He eventually showed up. He came down from his car, reached for the passenger seat, opened the door brought out two bags and handed them over to me. I opened the bag and I figured out my things weren’t complete, and I told him some of my things were not there and that I would come and pick up the rest of my things.

“At this point, he started screaming saying he would not want to see me close to his house. But I insisted I would come to take other things he did not bring to me.

“At this point, he was already in his car. He started raining abuses on me calling me unprintable names. I couldn’t take it. So, I responded. The next thing, he drove his car into me with speed. He hit me against our gate, held me there and did not reverse his car despite the fact that I was screaming in pains.

“He later reversed and I fell to the ground and he zoomed off. My neighbours, who watched what happened screamed for help and came to my rescue.

“This relationship lasted for four months. But I decided to quit when I discovered that he was a violent person. He had hit me once, that was when everything started to take a nosedive.

“I can’t walk for now, probably I will never walk with this leg. They would have amputated this leg earlier today. But they referred me to a specialist hospital in Port Harcourt. They want to see whether something could still be done and it must be done very fast before it gets to my knees”.

She added:

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Asimim Bytswat, confirmed the incident, saying the suspected had been arrested for attempted murder and would be transferred to the Criminal Investigations Department of the Police Command.

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