A 38-year-old woman, name given
as Blessing Igwe, has been brought before a Gudu Upper Area Court in Abuja.
Mrs. Igwe was dragged to the
court for the habit of allegedly using her disabled husband as a punching bag.
The woman, who appeared in court
on Wednesday, was also alleged to have resisted arrest.
Mrs Igwe, who lives at CBN Estate
at Apo in Abuja, is facing a three-count charge of assault, criminal
intimidation and resisting lawful arrest.
The Police Prosecutor, Fidelix
Ogbobe, told the court that the complainant, one Robinson Igwe of Choos Estate,
Apo reported the matter at the Apo Police Station on Aug. 2. Ogbobe alleged
that the defendant was always taking advantage of her husband’s physical
challenge to assault him all the time.
The prosecutor said, “The
defendant always takes advantage of her husband’s disability to assault him.
The complainant is a physically challenged person, who uses crutches to walk.
“He has been admitted in hospital
because of a head injury as a result of assault and battery from his wife.
“Despite police intervention the
accused had repeatedly beaten her husband at the slighted provocation.’’
Ogbobe explained further that the
complainant had petitioned the commissioner of police in Abuja on the matter.
He said the defendant had also
absconded with two children produced by the union for over a year to an unknown
destination.
The defendant only reappeared on
Aug. 1, after more than a year since she left her matrimonial home and sent the
complainant out of his house for days.
Ogbobe added, “But when the
complainant reported the matter to the police, the defendant resisted arrest on
three different occasions until she was finally arrested on the fourth attempt
by the police.”
According to the prosecutor, the
defendant had also threatened to kill the complainant.
He revealed that the offences
contravene Sections 265, 397 and 172 of the Penal Code. The defendant, however,
pleaded not guilty.
However, the Presiding Judge,
Alhaji Umar Kagarko, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N20, 000 with one
surety in like sum.
Kagarko adjourned the case until
Oct.17
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