Ugo Madugba and his wife Nono Orji
The 30-year-old man, Ugo Madugba, was arrested by policemen
attached to the Dolphin Police Division in Ikoyi, Lagos, after he was
accused of marrying his 28-year-old wife without the express approval of
her parents.
However, Madugba’s wife, Nono Orji, who is a medical doctor, said
in a Facebook post on Thursday that there were plans by the police to
poison her husband.
She said her husband was arrested on the orders of her parents who have been against their marriage from day one. She wrote:
“The Nigerian Police in Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi just arrested an
innocent 30-year-old man called Ugo Madugba for an offence of marriage.
Marriage has become a crime in Nigeria according to Dolphin police
station in Ikoyi. Mr. Ugo got married to Dr. Nono a 28-year-old medical
Doctor.
“Her father has been very distraught about it and has used the
police to threaten the young couple to the extent of arresting all those
who acted as witnesses to the marriage who are now in custody.
“He has been denied access to his family and friends and
information reaching us has it that his lawyer was also denied access to
him. There is a belief that a plan to poison Ugo is being hatched.
"Please, forward this message to as many people as possible lets save Ugo’s life.”
Orji said in another Facebook post that her parents were trying to
force her to marry another man but when she refused, they accused her
husband of hypnotising her.
However, according to Punch, a police source revealed that the
parents believed that the wife was hypnotised and abducted by her
husband.
The source said the matter would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, today.
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