A
woman identified as Vivian in Benin City has been arrested for biting
off the ear of a young lady over unpaid electricity bills.
Confusion struck Oba Market Benin,over the weekend, when a
23-year-old hair dresser, Faith Idehen, had her left ear bitten off in
an attack by the daughter of her landlord, identified as Vivian, over
electricity bill.
It was gathered that trouble started when Vivian, a single mother
of two, demanded for N1,500, being monthly payment for electricity bill
from Faith.
The tenant’s plea that she did not have up to that amount, but
deposited N1,000 with a promise to pay the balance of N500 later in the
day, fell on deaf ears.
The victim was said to have left the compound and boarded a
commercial bus to her place of work at Oba Market. Vivian allegedly
trailed and caught up with her at the popular Yanga Fish Market and
pounced on her. A fight started.
Faith was reported to have fainted as she bled profusely from her
left ear before passers-by and onlookers rescued her from the grip of
her attacker, who threatened to deal with her entire family.
The assailant was eventually arrested by men of Oba Market Police
Station after a 24-hour siege was laid to her residence by the police.