UNILAG student bathed with hot stew

Rumourmongers and blabbermouths beware! Probably reading this story might make you have a change of attitude or …???

Things went sour over the weekend for renowned rumour monger and blabbermouth Bola, a student of the University of Lagos.

The buxom loudmouthed lady who loved peddling rumours about her friends and turning them against themselves got a dose she never imagined.

Full story culled from Punch Newspapers

A diploma student of the University of Lagos, Bola (surname withheld), was on Sunday last week, bathed with hot stew by another student identified simply as Anita, at the school’s Radiography hall of residence.

 According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred after a fight ensued between the two young ladies.

 Contrary to the widely spread rumour that the fight was premised on boyfriend-snatching and other issues, PUNCH METRO learnt that the cause of the fight was tale-bearing.

 A mutual friend of the two ladies who identified herself simply as Brenda, told our correspondent that the ladies shared the same room in the hostel and both were students of the higher institution.

 “They are four in the room including Bola and Anita, all of them used to be until last Sunday when they fought,” she said.

 Another eyewitness who did not want her name in print, said Bola had been telling tales about her roommates to a close friend of hers, identified simply as Toyin, while also telling her roommates “stuff” about Toyin.

 According to her, it was when Bola’s room-mates approached Toyin to inform her of what had been said about her, and for her to beware of blabbermouths like Bola, that Toyin also told them all Bola had been saying about them.

 This, PUNCH METRO learnt, irked the roommates, who confronted Bola and a fight ensued.

 On her return to school later that evening, Bola met one of her roommates, Anita, cooking stew with her (Bola’s) pot.

 Bola, who was still angry about the fight, demanded her pot, but Anita refused, saying that she would return Bola’s pot when she finished cooking.

 Our correspondent learnt from another student who resides in the same hall and identified herself simply as Ada, that an argument started between the two ladies, which led to a fight.

 She said, “Bola and Anita started fighting and Bola really beat Anita stupidly.”

 According to her, Anita is a gentle and smallish girl, while Bola is the exact opposite of Anita.

 She said that other students separated the two ladies and took Bola out of the room, but Bola came back into the room to continue the fight with Anita.

 However, Anita, who was still in the room, took the pot of stew and poured it on Bola. “As Anita poured the stew on her, Bola was still beating her, so when Anita could not take it anymore, she ran out of the rooms. Then, we started pouring eggs and palm oil on Bola’s burnt body. She was later rushed to UNILAG Health Centre,” she said.

 PUNCH METRO learnt that Anita was arrested by the police that same evening and was in custody all through Monday. But she later came to the hostel accompanied by her mother on Wednesday, to get her things after she was released on Tuesday.

 Bola told our correspondent at the health centre, that she was not happy about the misconceptions that surrounded her quarrel with her roommate.

 When asked to make further comment, she simply said, “I am tired and I want to sleep, I don’t want to say anything now, I want to sleep.”

 However, efforts to trace Anita were unsuccessful as none of the students knew her whereabouts.

 But the university’s Dean of Students’ Affairs, Prof. Olukayode Amund, who confirmed the incident, condemned the act and said the university would not condone any act of indiscipline.

 “We are aware of the incident and we are still investigating. They will face disciplinary action; the school does not tolerate indiscipline,” he said.