A housewife in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State has emptied a pot of boiling water on her husband over issues of ‘side chick’.
The victim – Chief Philip Uweno – who spoke from his hospital bed in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area – said after emptying the pot of boiling water on him, his wife picked up a piece of wood she had hidden in the house, and hit him three times on the head.
The traumatized man said he force his way out of the house with his car key and drove to the hospital with a bleeding head.
His said: “I am Chief Philip Uweno. My wife poured hot water on me. After the hot water, she hit a piece of wood on my head three times. I had to struggle to run out of the house. I jumped into my car and drove to the hospital bleeding.
“After pouring the hot water she used a wood to whip my head. My wife has been threatening to injure me because of girlfriend.
“I am from Okpe Adagbrasa in Elume. My wife is from Uvwie (family name withheld) in Ekpan.
Asked what might be the reasons for his wife’s anger on him, Chief Philip simply said: “It is because of girlfriend.”
He said he had warned his wife several times about managing her anger.
“I have told my wife several times to be careful with her anger that she could harm me and later regret.”
Consequently, Chief Uweno advised men to run away from wives with such level of anger.
“I will not advise any man to have a woman with such anger as a wife It is dangerous.”