We reported on Tuesday that a Facebook user, Taiwo
Craig, called for justice after a 5-year-old girl was on
Monday evening, February 20th, brutally attacked by one
of their landlord's 15 dogs in the Ikorodu area of Lagos
state.
According to a report by Punch Metro, Aliyah, the 5-
year-old girl has died at the Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital in Ikeja on Wednesday evening,
where she had been brought when she was transferred
from Ikorodu General Hospital, where she was first
admitted.
It was gathered that Aliyah was sleeping at home on
Alhaji Abdul Hakeem Bin Sulaimon Avenue, off Ewuren
Road, Ikorodu, when an Alsatian dog broke loose.
The dog, named Rover, which was one of the15 other
dogs owned by the landlord who is based in London,
United Kingdom, dragged Aliyah to the back of the
house where two other Alsatian dogs joined it in
attacking her. They inflicted multiple injuries on her
body in an attack residents said lasted for about two
hours.
Aliyah's dad identified as Wasiu, who was responsible
for the care of the dogs, had reportedly gone to buy the
dogs’ feed when the incident happened, and around
11pm of that day, some residents reportedly invaded
the house and killed Rover.
The father of the babygirl had told the Punch yesterday
that: “This afternoon, the doctors said her condition had
worsened and she was not breathing normally again.
They said they would need to take her to the Intensive
Care Unit where I would spend about N500,000 per day.
“They have not been asking for money from me, except
for the drugs. Please help me ask Nigerians for
support.”
Around 6:00pm, he informed the newspaper that Aliyah
had been pronounced dead and broke down in tears.
