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Lagos PPRO,SP Benjamin Hundeyin
A retiree, Mr Isaac Ekeh, on Friday morning, May 31, poured boiling water on his wife, Stella, while she was sleeping.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident happened at Satellite Town, Alakija, in Amuwo-Odofin LGA of Lagos State.
Mrs Ekeh, an educationist, who sustained high degree burns, told NAN in a telephone interview that, “My children, husband and I ate dinner together on the fateful day before we went to bed.
“Isaac (husband) woke up around 3am, 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 further 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.
When contacted, the police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said, “I do not have a report of such; the case was not reported,” adding that, “The woman should go to any police station nearest to her and report.”(NAN)
