A 37-year-old man, Ifeanyi Ajaero have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for reportedly chaining his 28 old wife, Obiageli Ajaero, to a generator set from night till the following morning.
She was allegedly chained on the night of Friday 14th April till morning of Saturday 15th April 2017.
Obiageli was said to have been seriously beaten by her husband before being chained.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the incident happened at Ewooluwo, Sagamu in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.
He said the suspect who is a member of the already dissolved merchant Navy used a handcuff to chain his wife who has become so frail as a result of severe beating from the husband.
Oyeyemi said Ajaero’s neighbours who had been witnessing his constant beating of his wife alerted the police of the current happening.
He said , the Divisional Police Officer of the command in Sagamu, Aduroja Moses quickly led his men to the scene, rescued the victim and arrested the suspect.
On interrogation, he said the suspect confessed chaining his wife to the generator, but he claimed that his action was for self-defence.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, who related the action of the suspect as the height of wickedness has ordered the quick transfer of the case to Anti- Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the state Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.
He also warned residents of the state that the command would not condone any act of domestic violence no matter who was involved.
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