By Cynthia Johnson
A man is suffering from serious burns after his wife allegedly bathed him with hot groundnut oil, following a minor disagreement at Okehi community in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Information reaching Quest Times is that the case which has been reported to the Okehi Divisional Police Headquarters, had the man, Ekelediri Nwankwo Nwala, who is currently battling for his life in the hospital,
telling his wife’s younger sister to leave their house for dressing indecently and occupying their matrimonial bed.
His wife, Hope Nwala, who is on the run, refused to let her sister leave, which got both husband and wife into an argument. While Mr. Nwankwo slept, his wife allegedly attacked him with hot groundnut oil and a hammer.
“I had told my wife’s younger sister to leave my house because of the way she has started dressing, and the way she occupies my matrimonial bed even when I am around, no young guy will tolerate such behaviour, but my wife has refused the younger sister to leave the house.
“I also saw my wife alone with one tall black guy in the shop I rented for her, not that he is in for business, he followed my wife and sister here and there, with all these, I gave that her younger sister two thousand naira transport to go home so that I can actually understand what is going on in my house, but my wife got upset, while I went to bed to sleep, she used boiled groundnut oil on me, then start hitting me with harmer,” Nwala said.
The State Police Command as at the time of filing this report, is yet to comment on the issue.