According to LIB, a 37-year-old man, identified as Victor Ojiaku, who allegedly stabbed his wife, a student, with a broken bottle in her private part.
He has been granted bail in sum of N250,000 by the Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, 360 GP gathered.
Ojiaku sells automobile parts and he reportedly resides at 22, Arike John Close, White Sand, Isheri-Osun in Lagos State.
It was learnt that he stabbed his wife whom he suspected of having a sexual relationship with his sales representative.
According to Magistrate Akeem Fashola, who gave the ruling, ordered the accused to produce two sureties in like sum.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reported earlier that the case has been taken up by the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team.
The Coordinator of DSVRT, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, described that the victim was kept indoors and punished severely by her husband.
“The victim, Mrs. Faith Ojiaku, 27, a student, was held hostage by her husband for two days, depriving her of calling any family member for help or receiving medical attention.
She was subsequently rushed to the hospital for treatment after which she collapsed. She then pleaded with the doctor to make use of his phone to call her sister.
It was her sister that informed DSVRT which advised her to report the case at the Police station on behalf of her wounded sister. He also injured the sales representative with a broken bottle and some dangerous weapons.
The suspected assailant, a father of three, is facing a six-count charge bordering on grievous bodily harm, threat to life and assault."
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