In the Okehi community in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, a woman named Hope Nwala is accused of pouring boiling groundnut oil on her husband, Ekelediri Nwankwo.
It was gathered that the couple had been having issues over the attitude and dressing of the wife’s younger sister who lived with them.
Hope, who was supposed to have committed the heinous act, fled Okehi. Hope is from the Obite Community in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state.
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, the victim told reporters that he chose to send his sister-in-law packing because she had treated him disrespectfully and dressed indecently.
Nwankwo claimed that after giving her some cash to go home, his wife disagreed with him and the two got into a furious fight.
He disclosed that his wife began acting suspiciously when his sister-in-law was staying at their home. He claimed to have seen an odd man prowling around his sister-in-law and wife.
Nwankwo claimed that after gathering the guts to approach his wife about his observations and demand to know the identity of the strange man, she turned aggressive, striking him with a hammer and pouring hot oil on him while he was sleeping.
“I told my wife’s younger sister to leave my house because of the way she started dressing,” he narrated.
"Her behaviour and the way she occupied my matrimonial bed even when I was around were unacceptable. And no young guy will tolerate such behaviour. But my wife refused the younger sister to leave the house
"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 her sister here and there
“So, with all this, I gave her younger sister two thousand naira transport to go home so that I could actually understand what was going on in my house, but my wife got upset, while I went to bed to sleep, she used boiled groundnut oil on me, then started hitting me with a hammer.”
The spokesperson for the state Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident, said an investigation is ongoing but that the suspect is on the run.
“I can confirm the incident. The matter was reported at the Igwuruta Police State Station. The woman has fled but we are on her train to ensure her arrest and make her face the law.” the PPRO added.
