A 38-year-old woman identified as Blessing Igwe has been arraigned before a Gudu Upper Area Court sitting in Abuja for allegedly battering her disabled husband and sending him away from his own house for days.
Igwe who is facing a three-count charge of assault, criminal intimidation and resisting lawful arrest was brought before the court on Wednesday
Prosecutor, Mr Fidelix Ogbobe, said the complainant, Robinson Igwe of Choos Estate, Apo reported the matter at the Apo Police Station on August 2, 2017.
Ogbobe alleged that the defendant always took advantage of her husband’s physical challenge to assault him all the time.
He 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 to a 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 slightest provocation.’’
The Prosecutor further stated that the complainant had petitioned the Commissioner of Police in Abuja over the matter. He said further that the defendant had also absconded with their two children since a year ago to an unknown destination.
The defendant only reappeared again on August 1, 2017, and sent the complainant out of his house for days.
“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,’’ Ogbobe added.
He also alleged that the defendant had also threatened to kill the complainant.
According to him, the offences contravene Sections 265, 397 and 172 of the Penal Code. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty.
The Presiding Judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N20, 000 with one surety in like sum.
Justice Kagarko then adjourned the case until October 2017 for further hearing.
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