The police in Rivers State have arrested one Mrs. Hope Nwala for allegedly pouring hot vegetable oil on her husband – Ekelediri Nwankwo – while he was asleep at their home in Okehi, Etche Local Government Area.
Reports say the incident happened after an altercation between the couple arising from an accusation of infidelity.
Nwakwo, who is now battling with third-degree burns, alleged that his wife after pouring the hot vegetable oil on him, began to hit him with a hammer; took his phone and fled from their matrimonial home leaving him reeling in severe pain.
He alleged that he incurred the wrath of his wife after he asked her sister to leave his house.
He said: “I told my wife’s younger sister to leave my house because of the way she has started dressing, and the way she was occupying 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”.
Nwankwo also accused his wife of flirting with a yet-to-be-identified young man.
“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. Because of this, I gave her younger sister N2000 transport fare to go home so that I could actually understand what was happening in my house. But my wife got upset. While I was sleeping, she poured hot groundnut oil on me, then started hitting me with a hammer to kill me,” Nwankwo alleged.
Pictures of the sorry state of Nwankwo’s body after he was allegedly bathed with the hot oil by his wife surfaced on many online platforms in Rivers on Thursday.
However, spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, has confirmed the arrest of Mrs. Hope Nwala.
SP Iringe-Koko said: “The woman has been arrested; she is in police custody now.”