Tiwa Bankole, the singer who was
allegedly stabbed by her landlord’s son, Tobi Obadina, has said she thought she
was going to die.
According to her, Tobi constantly
harasses tenants and gets away with it.
“When he was stabbing me, I started
bleeding profusely and I thought I was going to die,” she said.
Bankole, who spoke with our correspondent
on her hospital bed at Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos on Thursday, said she did nothing to
warrant the attack.
“Tobi said no one could arrest him
and nothing would happen to him. Because his father is a retired police officer
and his stepmother, a policewoman, he always gets away with his misdeeds,” she
said.
Bankole, who goes by the pseudonym, T
Banks, described her assailant, Tobi, as a hot-tempered boy, who had on many
occasions assaulted tenants at their 20 Yusuf Street home.
She said she had reported the
23-year-old boy to his father on many occasions but the landlord always ignored
her.
She said, “I’ve been living in the
house since 2005 with my brothers. Although the landlord lives in the same
building with us, Tobi does not. He was one of my younger brothers’ friend and
even used to come to our room. Some months ago, I wanted to use the toilet but
Tobi blocked my way, threatening to beat me.
“After a brief argument, neighbours
advised me to enter my room and ignore him which I did. I reported the matter
to my dad who later reported the matter to the landlord.
“The landlord told my dad that Tobi
had not been to the house in three years and that I was lying. The landlord
even insinuated that Tobi and I were having a relationship.
“There is no way I could have a
relationship with Tobi because I’m about 10 years older than him. My father
however advised me to stay away from the boy. I have been avoiding him but he
continued to cause trouble in the neighbourhood,” Bankole said.
The singer said on the day she was
brutally stabbed by Tobi, she was going to fetch water in the compound when he
accosted her and started cursing her.
She said she ignored him but it
seemed Tobi’s attitude further infuriated him.
Bankole alleged that Tobi followed
her into her room where he stabbed her and her younger brother, Olaniyi,
repeatedly.
She said, “Tobi insulted me, saying
that he was going to get married soon while I am still a spinster at my age. He
hit me in the back and an argument ensued. My younger brother however pulled me
back into the house but Tobi continued to curse us. We cursed him also and this
infuriated him.
“He poured a bucket of water into our
room through the window and he later broke the louvres. He threatened to deal
with us. In the evening, he barged into our room with a broken tumbler and said
since we had refused to come out and face him, he would kill us.
“I was able to push him to the ground
as he attempted to stab my brother in the back. He stabbed my brother in the
hands but he (my brother) was able to escape. As I was left alone with Tobi, he
stabbed me repeatedly in the neck, hands and other parts of my body.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that another neighbour, Sola Ajayi, who intervened,
was also stabbed in the process.
Tobi’s father, Ebenezer Obadina, however,
dissociated himself from the incident.
He said he had warned his son to turn
a new leaf and had done his best as a father.
According to him, he was sleeping
when the incident occurred and did not even know that Tobi was on the premises.
“I am 76 years old and Tobi is my
last child. I’ve been advising him to change his ways but he never listens. I
had no hand in what happened and in fact, I was the one that got him arrested
after the incident,” he said.
Tobi, it was learnt, is still being
detained at Gowon Police Division.
this African guys the guy should in prison for 10 good years Okay.
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