Lagos State Police Command has apprehend a 25-year-old data scientist
who allegedly attempted to harm his ex-lover with acid but mistakenly targeted an innocent person instead.
The suspect, a resident of Lakwe in Ibeju-Lekki area of the state, allegedly planned to acid-bathe his ex-girlfriend after she ended their relationship.
It was gathered that the suspect hired a man, still at large, and paid him N500,000 to attack his ex-girlfriend.
However, the attacker, unfamiliar with her, went to the ex-lover’s shop and mistakenly poured acid all over her salesgirl working there hoping that it’s the main targeted the perosn.
The victim, who has already lost her sight in the cause of the incident, is still battling for her life at an undisclose hospital in lagos with over N40 million already spent on her treatment.
The suspect, who allegedly sent threatening messages to his ex-lover before the incident, continued sending them even after an innocent person was attacked.
His number was tracked, and he was apprehended.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Olohundare Jimoh, has ordered the transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, for further investigation.
Speaking on Tuesday in Lagos, the suspect, a master’s degree holder said he met his ex-girlfriend online in January 2025.
He claimed the relationship became complicated after he discovered that she was no longer interested in him and was possibly involved with someone else.
The suspect said he took the law into his own hands by contacting a man to help him deal with his ex for dumping him.
“I felt emotionally hurt, so I hired a man and paid N500,000. I only asked him to help me ‘deal with her’ not to pour her acid.
He went to her shop and attacked an innocent person, who is her employee, ” he said.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigation Department SCID, Panti Yaba, DCP Dayo Akinbisehin told our correspondent that investigations into the case were ongoing, Noting that efforts are underway to apprehend the accomplice who is Still at large.
Akinbisehin also made it clear that the suspect would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations, adding that, all forms of criminalinity will not be condole regardless of Age or status under his stewardship.
