The incident of August 28, 2010 will remain with Ms.
Paulina Imuere (41) forever.
It was a day her vision was cut short and dreams
shattered. it was a day she hoped never happened.
That was the day she her supposed lover poured her
acid and disfigured her.
Paulina, an indigene of Kokori in Ethiope –East Local
Government Area of Delta State, had fasted and prayedon August 27, 2010 during a church programme but
next morning she was bathed with acid by Mr.
Difference Ogba, her lover who knocked on her door at
5 a.m.Paulina before and after the acide burnt
By Akpokona Omafuaire, Warri
The incident of August 28, 2010 will remain with Ms.
Paulina Imuere (41) forever.
By Akpokona Omafuaire, Warri
The incident of August 28, 2010 will remain with Ms.
Paulina Imuere (41) forever.
It was a day her vision was cut short and dreams
shattered. it was a day she hoped never happened.
That was the day she her supposed lover poured her
acid and disfigured her.
Paulina, an indigene of Kokori in Ethiope –East Local
Government Area of Delta State, had fasted and prayed
on August 27, 2010 during a church programme but
next morning she was bathed with acid by Mr.
Difference Ogba, her lover who knocked on her door at
5 a.m.
The attack left Paulina blind with one eye completely
chopped off by the acid and the other blind but with
chance to be restored. Her two nostrils are also
damaged with her skull grafted in efforts to save her.
Ogba is now serving a ten- year jail term in Okere prison
in Warri after he was convicted by the High Court at Otu-
Jeremi.
However, pleas to well meaning Nigerians to come to
Paulina’s aide have not yielded results four years down
the line.
When Saturday Vanguard visited Paulina at her
Okuokoko residence where she is staying with her elder
sister, the story was that of agony and pains. But she
remains hopeful that help could come her way to enable
her to undergo a corrective plastic surgery to restore her
severely damaged face and body.
According to her, “ my elder sister, Mrs. Kate Agbavwre
and members of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry and
Church of God mission have been helping me and I have
great hope that help will come one day. I can still see
again. Doctor confirmed that I can still see again but at
a very high cost. My faith is stronger now as I have
shattered. it was a day she hoped never happened.
That was the day she her supposed lover poured her
acid and disfigured her.
Paulina, an indigene of Kokori in Ethiope –East Local
Government Area of Delta State, had fasted and prayed
on August 27, 2010 during a church programme but
next morning she was bathed with acid by Mr.
Difference Ogba, her lover who knocked on her door at
5 a.m.
The attack left Paulina blind with one eye completely
chopped off by the acid and the other blind but with
chance to be restored. Her two nostrils are also
damaged with her skull grafted in efforts to save her.
Ogba is now serving a ten- year jail term in Okere prison
in Warri after he was convicted by the High Court at Otu-
Jeremi.
However, pleas to well meaning Nigerians to come to
Paulina’s aide have not yielded results four years down
the line.
When Saturday Vanguard visited Paulina at her
Okuokoko residence where she is staying with her elder
sister, the story was that of agony and pains. But she
remains hopeful that help could come her way to enable
her to undergo a corrective plastic surgery to restore her
severely damaged face and body.
According to her, “ my elder sister, Mrs. Kate Agbavwre
and members of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry and
Church of God mission have been helping me and I have
great hope that help will come one day. I can still see
again. Doctor confirmed that I can still see again but at
a very high cost. My faith is stronger now as I have
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