A man who identified himself as Victor Agboye inflicted severe injuries on himself while holding hostage officials of the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) for about four hours on Monday.
Mr. Agboye, who is believed to be in his late twenties, is demanding an urgent government intervention to forestall alleged cruel treatment meted on him and his siblings by his elder sister, Queen Agboye.
As explained by Omotola Rotimi, the Director of the agency, who explained the incident to journalists in her office at Motorways building, Ikeja, Victor complained about how his sister had allegedly refused to share the N38m fortune left behind by their late mother.
“He claimed to now live on the street, even when their grandmother tried to mediate, Mr. Agboye claimed that his sister killed her and threw her into the Lagoon,” she said.
Mr. Agboye was at the agency on Monday because he and Queen had been invited with a view to resolve the family rancour. Also, Mrs. Rotimi had also invited the Police and the psychiatric department of the State’s ministry of youth and sports because “the boy [Victor] was saying many incoherent things. It’s a psychiatric case.”
Going manic
However, Victor, who got to the OPD’s office as early as 9am, became violent when it was clear that his sister will not come. He brought out a razor and a pair of scissors and started slicing his arm.
“He started shouting, threatening to kill himself. He held us hostage, till about 2pm when some people were able to disarm him. Our office was a pool of blood today,” she said.
Meanwhile, some of the officials had resort to jumping out of a window to escape for their lives.
I’ll be back
Victor was then taken to the Alausa’s Task Force office where he showed he had another card up his sleeves.
The supposedly sedated Mr. Agboye had another pair of scissors hidden away in his trouser and threatened to kill himself should anybody move towards him.
Several people gathered watching helplessly as he raised the black T-shirt he was wearing and started slicing away at his belly. He was shouting that the sister should give him some money, “even if it is a hundred thousand naira.”
Finally, he went away on a motorcycle threatening to come back. He also accused the police of aiding his sister to deny him of their mother’s inheritance.
Police complicity
Mrs. Rotimi said she received a call from the office of the commissioner of Police, Marvel Akpoyibo on Monday morning, saying that Ms. Agboye is in their custody and that the department should drop the case. The call, however, came after she had called Ms. Agboye to appear before the OPD since she reported the case first.
“If she [Queen] had been here this morning, it wouldn’t have turned out this way,” she said.
Mrs. Rotimi said the police authority’s call to the department hinted at Mr. Agboye’s claims.
“If she [Queen] had been here this morning, it wouldn’t have tuned out this way,” said Mrs. Rotimi who was obviously furious that Mr. Agboye was allowed to escape. That boy is not good on our streets because he is not psychologically fit. He can harm the public,” she said.
Mr. Agboye’s escape also mean he can make good his threat to hit back at the officials of the OPD and Mrs Rotimi has called for security officers to be drafted to the office. Meanwhile, visitors were scrutinized before they are allowed into the office.
The Lagos state commissioner of Police (CP), Marvel Akpoyibo, when contacted on phone said Mr. Agboye “has a right to kill himself.”
When asked about the allegation that the police is hiding Mr. Agboye’s sister, the CP said “[you mean] the sister he wanted to kill? Please, there are more important things to be done.”
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