{"id":89,"date":"2013-02-02T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2013-02-02T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T09:43:00","slug":"nigerian-girl-left-disfigured-after-acid-was-thrown-in-her-face-as-she-walked-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian girl left disfigured after acid was thrown in her face as she walked home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nigerian girl left disfigured after acid was thrown in her face as she walked home<\/a><\/h3>\n

20 year old Naomi Oni was disfigured for life when a unknown person wearing a niqab threw acid in her face as she walked home from work on Sunday December 30th in <\/span><\/span><\/span>Lodge Avenue <\/span>Dagenham, east London.<\/span><\/p>\n

Naomi told The Evening Standard<\/span><\/span><\/span> that she was on her way back from work when she heard someone behind her. She explains:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n

‘I\u2019d been working a late shift and was talking to my boyfriend about what we were going to do for New Year when I saw this Muslim woman wearing a niqab covering her face. I thought it was a bit strange at that time of night, but she didn\u2019t say anything and I kept on walking.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘Then I felt a splash on my face. It burned and I screamed out. I started running and screaming, holding my face, all the way home. I didn\u2019t look back. I got home and I was screaming and banging on the door. I was hysterical. Luckily my godmother, who is a pharmacist, was at home with my mum and she helped me and kept dipping my face in water and trying to calm me down until the police and ambulance got there.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘I was in shock. Saying: “Who would do that? Who would do that?” How could anyone do this?’.<\/span>
<\/span>aomi recently released photos of her <\/span><\/span>disfigured face after police failed to find the person who did this to her. She’s now appealing to the public to help her catch her attacker.<\/span><\/span> She said she would never feel safe with her attacker still at large. She also said the attack has destroyed her life <\/span><\/p>\n

‘I look in the mirror and it just isn\u2019t me. I\u2019ll never look the same again. I\u2019ve always been outgoing and confident in my job and in my personal life, used to getting attention for the way I dress or my hair, but now I don\u2019t want anyone looking at me. I don\u2019t want people to see me in public. I don\u2019t want to get the Tube or the bus. If I have to go to the hospital I take a taxi. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll ever be able to go back to my job. I was planning to go to college in September to study media and fashion, but I don\u2019t even know if I\u2019ll be able to do that.<\/span>Even with the support of my family and friends and boyfriend I feel very alone,’ she said. ‘Nothing is going to be same anymore.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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