If anyone should know better not to lay a finger on his wife, it should be a lawyer. But anger is hard to tame.
Now, a lawyer in Uyo is set to go to jail after it became public that he beats his wife.
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested an Uyo-based lawyer, Ekere Ebong, who was caught on camera abusing his wife.
The lawyer was captured in a viral video over the weekend assaulting his wife.
Despite the intervention of several people, the man could tame his anger and stop beating his wife.
Unfortunately for him, he was captured standing over the bloodied figure of the woman who was in her underwear.
However, it was gathered that the lawyer was arrested by the Akwa Ibom Police Command on Monday and that he would be charged soon.
The Arrest
“Barr Ekere Ebong who was seen abusing his spouse in a viral video has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom Police Command. To be charged shortly,” a police source revealed on Monday.
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The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, had ordered the arrest and prosecution of the lawyer.
Ohanenye while reacting to the disturbing video via her official X (formerly Twitter) handle, condemned the action of the man.
To her, the lawyer would face prosecution even if the wife refused to press charges because his action was gender-based violence.
Renewed Hope Government
She wrote, “This remains one of the most insane and unbelievable scenes one has seen in the brutalization of women.
As I have always emphasised, this is a ‘Renewed Hope’ government and such an act can not be allowed in our country.
“On that note, the federal Ministry of Women Affairs @FMWA_ng has ordered the arrest of this demonised lawyer Mr Ebong.
“He must face the law squally and I promise this act can not be swept under the carpet. Even if the woman decides she doesn’t want her husband to be sued, due to family pressure.
The man must face the law as justice will have its way.”
