A Member of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Adamawa state branch, Barrister Uche Nwigwe and his wife, Mrs. Joy Uche are now being grilled for allegedly beating a 9 month pregnant woman to coma.
The 28 year old victim, Josephine Yusuf Manga of Army Barracks road in Jimeta Yola, is the wife of the security guard where the Legal Practitioner and his dear wife are living as co-tenants.
Barrister Uche and his wife were alleged to have heavily descended on the heavily pregnant woman for failure to open the gate on time when her husband and a security guard was away this Sunday.
The pregnant woman was said to have been busy opening and closing the gate for other tenants on that faithful day as a result of which she was exhausted.
According to eye witness, when the Barrister and his wife were to drive out, they beckoned on the pregnant woman to open the gate, but because of tiredness, she could not respond to their directives at their speed.
At this point, the Barrister and his wife according to eye witnesses were said have rained abuses and insults on the poor pregnant woman.
The drama was said to have repeated itself the following morning (Monday) as the woman could rush to the gate and open it as expected, and just of a sudden, Barrister Uche and his wife stepped out of their car and started punching her from all directions to the extend she collapsed and went into coma.
This attracted the attention of neighbours from within and outside the compound who rushed , rescued and immediately took her to the hospital while the Barrister and his wife drove out in their car in a commando style.
Disturbed by this development, the neighbours decided to report the matter to the police which led to the arrest and interrogation of the legal practitioner and his lovely wife at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state police command.
NEWS PLATFORM who was at the CID today, saw Barrister Uche, his wife and a friend pleading with the victim, her husband and his sister and promised to give them the sum of #25,000 so to withdraw the matter and forget about it.
When contacted for confirmation, the Public Relation Officer of the Command (PPRO), DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, confirmed the arrest of the suspects, and said that they are currently being investigated in connection to the crime.
DSP Nguroje told NEWS PLATFORM that when the command received the report of the incident, the Commissioner of Police, CP A. A. Alhaji, directed that the matter be investigated, and that as soon as the investigation is completed, the accused will be charged to court.
According to him, the victim has been taken to hospital and has been receiving medical attention, saying that the command is worried and will do everything possible towards ensuring that the victim survive considering her condition being a pregnant woman.
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