4-year-old Child Blinds 5-year-old Friend With Needle In Lagos

Pandemonium broke out in Mushin, Lagos state yesterday

after 4-year-old girl, Nimota Adebowale pushed a needle

into the right eye of her 5-year- old friend, Fausatu

Majekodunmi while they were playing in their compound

along Agege Motor Road.

Nimota and Fausatu’s parents are good neighbors in the

same compound and also have children who cherished

each others company.

While the two little girls were playing yesterday, Nimota

carelessly drove a needle into her friend’s eye.

According to Leadership, Nimota’s mother rushed Fausatu

to a nearby hospital where doctors battled in vain to cure

the child but at the end she could not see with the eye.

A neighbor identified as Oluwashola, said both families

have lived peacefully since they met in the compound. She

said when the incident happened, as Fausatu was

screaming, Nimota was also shedding tears.

She said Nimota’s mother quickly rushed the victim to a

nearby private hospital but they were referred to another

hospital. She said the existing relationship between both

families made them handle the matter amicably.