Wife Bathes Husband With Hot Oil Over Minor Quarrel; Gives Reasons; Lands In Police Cell; Begs Nigerians For Forgiveness

By Babatunde Solanke

One housewife identified as Favour Nweke is currently cooling-off in one of the cells of the River State Police Command for allegedly pouring hot groundnut oil on her husband, Ekelediri Nwokekoro over a minor quarrel.

Nweke was said to have committed the crime on Tuesday in Okehi, Etche Local Government Area of the State.

While being paraded at the command’s headquarters along Moscow Road, Port Harcourt on Friday, the suspect confessed to have committed the heinous crime.

Nweke told newsmen  that her husband recently started behaving strangely, which according to her, was linked to a crime he committed with his friends.

According to her, the quarrel began when she confronted her husband over his behaviour and alleged involvement in a crime.

 “He will go out at about 2 o’clock in the night and will come back early in the morning. Sometimes he would go, and stay two or three days before coming back, then I asked him where are you even going?

“So his friend called me and asked if I had heard what was on the ground, I said ‘What is that?’ He said my husband and some people were involved in one illegal act. He said they called somebody from Abuja that the person should come and work in Etche, and that they have a contract to give to the person and when the person came they duped the person of N20 million.

“I said he didn’t tell me; that I was hearing this for the first time. I said ‘no wonder this guy has been acting strange, planning on how to travel and go to one African country.’ So this is the reason.

“So when he came back, I grabbed him and said this is what I heard and I confronted him but he refused and we quarrelled. We ended it that day. I then asked him what he did with his own share of the money. I heard some people bought land with their own, so what did you use your own to do?

“As we were dragging that issue that morning, he hit me, I ran into the kitchen with that oil and I poured it on him. That was how it happened,” Nweke said

The housewife, however, denied the allegations that she was involved in extramarital affairs prior to the incident.

She pleaded for forgiveness, saying she did not know her actions would result in this.

“I feel bad. Had I known that this thing would turn out like this I would not have done it to him. I will just go to my place and stay. I am begging for Nigerians, you people should forgive me”, she added.

Meanwhile, the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi assured citizens that the suspect would be prosecuted and made to face the consequences of her action.

“I can assure you that the law will catch up with her and anybody who tries to take the laws into their hands will be made to face the necessary sanctions,” Nwonyi said.