A man identified as Isaac Ekeh, on Friday, May 31, poured boiling water on his wife, Stella, while she was sleeping.
He, a retiree, according to
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), did this in the early hours of Friday around Satellite Town, Alakija, in Amuwo-Odofin LGA of Lagos State.
Stella Ekeh, an educationist, with high-degree burns from the incident, told NAN in a telephone interview.
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She said:
“My children, husband, and I ate dinner together on the fateful day before we went to bed.
“Isaac (husband) woke up around 3 am boiled water which he used to bathe me while I was sleeping in the bedroom. My scream alerted my children who stormed my room as my body was already peeling.
My children rushed me to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, where I am receiving treatment.”
She, again, said:
“What baffled me was that we did not quarrel, no fight, no disagreement that would have warranted him to scald my skin.”
The mother of four added that her husband travelled to his village in Owerri, Imo State, after causing her grievous harm.
The police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin when contacted, said;
“I do not have a report of such; the case was not reported.
The woman should go to any police station nearest to her and report.”
