Police rescue wife chained, battered by husband

The Ogun State Police Command has rescued a housewife, Mrs Obiageli Ajaero, who was battered and chained to the family generator for over 24 hours by her husband, Ifeanyi Obiageli.

The Nation gathered that Operatives from the Sagamu division of the Command who got wind of the woman’s ordeal hurried to the home of the Ajaero at Ewooluwo – Sagamu in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state, and rescued her.

The Command Police Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a release to The Nation, said Ifeanyi Ajaero( 37) has been arrested for fastening his wife, Obiageli(28) to a “Generator set till day break after she has been seriously battered.”

“The suspect who is a member of the already disbanded merchant Navy used an hand cuff to chain his wife who has become so weak as a result of serious beating from the wicked husband.

“The people in the neighborhood, who has been witnessing frequent beating of the wife by the suspect alerted the police of the latest happening consequent upon which the DPO Shagamu SP Aduroja Moses led his men to the scene, rescued the victim and got the suspect arrested.

” On interrogation, he admitted chaining the woman to generator, but he claimed that his action is for self defence,” he stated.

According to Oyeyemi, the Commissioner of police, Ahmed Iliyasu, who described the action of the suspect as act of wickedness, has transfered the case to the Anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the State Investigation and Intelligence Department (SIID) for more investigation and prosecution.