A middle-aged man, Taofeek Gbolagade, on Tuesday morning, beat his pregnant wife to stupor over her failure to prepare Ramadan meal for him.
Vanguard learnt that the incident happened around 4a.m at their residence in Ogbere housing estate in Ibadan, Oyo State.
An eyewitness said: “This man always beats his wife over any little misunderstanding they have. I was able to record today’s event. He is a Muslim so I think they had an argument over Sahur.
“This man didn’t mind that she was pregnant with his second child and started pouncing on her. She wailed for hours before she was able to flee to her parents’ house. Gbolagade has flown his house after being declared wanted by the security personnel.”
Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Adewale Osifeso said investigation had commenced on the matter and updates would be provided in due course.
In another news, a 30-year- old, commercial motorcyclist, Tukur Paul beat his wife, Mrs Jennifer Paul to stupor over her accusation of snoring.
It was the intervention by neighbours and passers-by that saved her from further attack.
One of the neighbours Lawrence Oluwanishola, who witnessed the fight, told NAN that the couple who resides at Masaka, Nasarawa State, were fond of constituting nuisance to the environment through constant query.
According to him, it all started at about 9 p.m. on Thursday when neighbours ran outside at the shout of the wife who was seriously beaten by her husband.
“How on earth in this present modern world will a man beat up his wife over trivial issue? We learnt that the wife was also preventing the husband from sleeping just because he was snoring,” Oluwanishola said.
He said that so many cases of divorce in the society could be prevented, if minor issues like this are promptly settled by couples.
