Sunday, March 21, 2021

MAN PETITIONS ADHA, CP, NHRC OVER ASSAULT ON WIFE BY NBA MEMBER


A Security Guard, Yusuf Manga of Nyibango, Army Barracks road Yola, Adamawa state has petitioned the state House of Assembly and National Human Right Commission (NHRC) over assault on his wife by the member of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) state branch.


Yusuf Manga is the husband to Mrs. Josephine, the 9 month pregnant housewife beaten to coma by Barrister Uche Nwigwe, his wife and a housemaid for failure to open the gate on time.


The petition dated 16th March, 2021 and addressed to the state Ministry of Justice, was copied to the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Coordinator National Human Right Commission (NHRC), Commissioner of Police, Director State Security Service, Public Complaints Commission, NBA, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) among others.  


Yusuf alleged that the Legal Practitioner, his wife Joy and their housemaid, Onyekachi have assaulted his wife in the presence of co-tenants and it took the intervention of some concerned neighbours who took her to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police headquarters where she was rushed to specialist hospital for emergency treatment. 


He lamented that he does not know the health status of his wife and the baby in her worm at the moment as a result of the beating, and appealed to the affected organisations to come to his aid and that of his family so that justice can be done.


The Police Command by its spokesman, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Ngurije on Wednesday 17th March, 2021 confirmed the arrest of the lawyer and his wife and were grilled for beating the 28 year old pregnant woman to coma.



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