A new case of domestic violence has seen a woman named Maureen allegedly bathing her husband, Oyinkro Miebode with boiling water in retaliation for a slap he dealt her while they were having an argument.
The incidence occurred on June 3, 2020, at the couple’s residence in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State. Mrs Maureen was alleged to have poured the hot water on her husband while he was sleeping, leaving her husband in serious pains.
The story was shared online by a Facebook user identified as Kelvin Ingbaifegha.
According to Kelvin, the couple had a quarrel and Oyinkro slapped his wife and asked her to shut up. Little did he know she was plotting her revenge.
She allegedly waited for him to sleep and then poured boiling water on him and fled their home.
Kelvin wrote on his Facebook wall:
“They had a quarrel in the morning of June 3rd over issues, while quarrelling he got angry, slapped her and told her to shut up, which she did, thinking the quarrel was over.
After everything he left and went to sleep, later she went to his sister asking if there was kerosene in the stove, the sister said no kerosene, she went out bought kerosene and fill in the Stove, the sister said they taught it was for bathing or garri, which they even notified her when the water was boiling.
With the water boiled, she poured it into a small basin and went to his room while he was sleeping then poured it on Oyinkro Miebode. Waking up from that shock he was shouting in pains and scratching his body not knowing he was peeling his own skin.
The girl is now hiding and no where to be found, she has been calling to be forgiven, she goes by the name Maureen.
Please we must say no to any form of Gender based Violence and Domestic Violence, we need you to intervene…
This is an act of “Attempted Murder” she did it intentionally…..she must be prosecuted when caught..
Cases of domestic violence in Nigeria has been on the increase. Several counsellors and Psychologists have said that though there was a high number of reported cases of domestic violence, the cases increased even more with the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown that was imposed in several parts of the country.
