Policemen
in Ogun state have arrested a Nigerian man who allegedly chained his
wife to the generator on the night of Friday 14th April till the morning
of Saturday 15th April 2017.
Obiageli Ajaero was rescued by police officers
A cruel man who was arrested for chaining his wife to a generator
has said he did it in self-defence. 37-year-old man, Ifeanyi Ajaero
confessed to chaining his 28-old -wife, Obiageli Ajaero, to generator
from night till the following morning.
According to the police, the woman was chained to the generator on
the night of Friday 14th April till the morning of Saturday 15th April
2017. Obiageli was said to have been seriously battered by her husband
before being chained.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said
the incident happened at Ewooluwo, Sagamu in Sagamu Local Government
Area of the state.
He said the suspect who is a member of the already disbanded
merchant Navy used a handcuff to chain his wife who has become so weak
as a result of serious beating from the husband.
Oyeyemi said Ajaero’s neighbours who had been witnessing his
frequent beating of his wife alerted the police of the latest happening.
He said swiftly, the Divisional Police Officer of the command in
Sagamu, Aduroja Moses led his men to the scene, rescued the victim and
got the suspect arrested.
On interrogation, he said the suspect admitted chaining the woman
to the generator, but he claimed that his action was for “self-defence.”
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, who
described the action of the suspect as the height of wickedness has
ordered the immediate transfer of the case to Anti- Human Trafficking
and Child Labour Unit of the state Investigation and Intelligence
Department for further investigation and prosecution.
He also warned residents of the state that the command would not
tolerate any act of domestic violence no matter who was involved.
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