Photo: Girl, 18, left in a coma after boy hit her with pestle during argument in Benue

A teenager has been put in a coma after she was hit with a pestle during an argument with a boy.

Queen Agayol Ahemen, 18, from Ahangev Tiev in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State, got into a verbal exchange with a male neighbour. During the argument, the boy picked a pestle and hit her on the head with it, rendering her unconscious.

She's been in a coma since last week at Atuna Hospital in Gboko, Benue State. 

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