Badly Dressed Lady Escapes Attack

A badly dressed young woman narrowly escaped being lynched at the Mararaba Garage in Nasarawa State late on Monday.

 The lady who wore a short blouse on top of a pant was “walking majestically around the “okrika” section of the garage,” when a crowd decended on her in anger.

Chairman of the Mararaba Branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Mr Bernard Adeyi, told newsmen that he was in his office when he heard people shouting  at the lady.

“As the shouting continued, I looked out and I saw a girl strolling past opposite my office dressed half naked.

“All the things on her body that were supposed to be hidden were exposed. So both market women, men and everybody followed her as she walked around the garage.

“Some people came back to say that the people were very angry with her obscene dressing and tore her pants

and cloths completely, leaving her naked,’’ Adeyi said.

Adeyi said that “some guys at the scene who were disgusted with the development brought clothes and covered the woman as she ran away to save her life. She was virtually smuggled out of the park.

“The people, including market women and some elderly people were not happy to see a sane woman dressed in such a manner in public.

“In fact, I see the attack as a lesson for her and other ladies who are fond of going about half naked.

“We have a tradition and the kind of dressing that I saw today was completely outside our accepted mode of dressing ,’’ the chairman said.

Adeyi also noted: that the lady “a young girl of about 18 or 19 years”, had learnt a lesson of her life from the treatment given to her at the park.

“If girls who go about naked were present to witness what happened to the lady today, I think there would be no need for anybody to pass any further message to them and I believe the people who saw what happened to the lady would pass the message around,’’ he stated.

Also reacting, General Secretary and Public Relations Officer of the Mararaba Branch of the Luxury Bus Proprietors Association of Nigeria, Mr Oluchukwu Chukwuji, said.  “On inquiry, I was told that they saw a girl who wore only pant strolling around and people at the park, especially commercial motorcycle operators helped her to remove it completely.

“I understand they did so since she did not see any reason for covering the sensitive parts of her body as a woman.

“You know that kind of a thing, people would want to have a glimpse of such a scenario,” Chukwuji said.

He said that the lady’s friends quickly got a T-shirt and a trouser to cover her nakedness and then took her out of the garage.

“I strongly advise all these girls that go about naked to try and dress properly when they go outside. In fact, they should respect themselves.

“Even if they are harlots, they should not go naked in public but should do so in their brotels, he advised.

Also, Malam Isah Kabiru, a trader at the park, said that “if not for prompt intervention of some well-meaning people at the park, who facilitated her escape she would have been lynched”.