Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:09 PM PST
Twenty two-year-old Chika Egbo, who
was bathed with acid by her fiancé, David
Sulaimon, in Ikotun, Lagos, died at the Lagos State University Teaching
Hospital, Ikeja, in the early hours of Thursday
Her death is coming six weeks after
the November 5 attack that left her without the use of her nose, eyes and
mouth.
She was fed through a pipe,
connected to her neck.
At the hospital on Thursday, Chika’s
father, Matthew, stood at the front of the mortuary, looking forlorn. Matthew
told PUNCH, amid sob, “Her body has been transferred to the mortuary. She died
around 1am today (Thursday).
“I looked at her about four days ago
and realised her eyes had changed. The doctors later told me the eyes were
condemned. She really suffered these past three days. I prayed to God that if
it was His wish, God should take her life so that her suffering would cease.
She suffered so much.
Chika’s death coincides with the
hearing of the case at an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on
Thursday, where Sulaimon is facing
trial for the assault.
It was learnt that Sulaimon had
remain in custody since he was first arraigned. The prosecution applied to the
court for a substitution of the attempted murder charge for murder.
Olatunji adjourned the case till
January 9, 2013 for the hearing on the charge substitution.
Chika, a
student of the Enugu State College of Education, fell in love with Sulaimon and
had a child for him.
Their relationship had gone sour,
after which Sulaimon allegedly invited her to Lagos from her Enugu base under
the pretext that his mother wanted to see her. Sulaimon poured a substance believed to be acid on Chika, resulting in extensive burns on
the upper part of her body.
Chika underwent three surgeries to
remove the destroyed tissues and reconstruct her face.
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