A 37-year-old woman, Joy Sunday, a mother of two, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State police command for pouring hot water on the face of another woman, Justina Ameh, who accused her of sleeping with her husband.
The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at the Agbado divisional headquarters by the elder sister of the victim, one Kelechi Samuel.
Kelechi told the police that she went for a vigil at the Spring of Life Global Ministry situated at Giwa area of Agbado with her younger sister when the suspect came into the church with a container of hot water and poured it on her sister’s face, thereby causing her grievous harm.
She stated further that while she was trying to hold the suspect, she (suspect) also stabbed her on her left hand.
Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Agbado division, CSP Kehinde Kuranga, thereafter detailed his men to the scene, where the suspect was promptly arrested.
On interrogation, the suspect explained that the victim had been accusing her of sleeping with her husband for quite some time, and that all efforts to disabuse her mind from it proved abortive.
On that fateful day, while they were in the church, she said the victim came as usual and started raining curses on her. While she tried to walk away from her, the victim pulled her back with her cloth and tore the cloth.
She said it was that annoyance that made her go home and boil water which she brought back to the church and poured on the victim’s face.
he suspect insisted that she was not dating the victim’s husband.
The victim has since been taken to a hospital for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has directed that the case be properly investigated with the view to charging the suspect to court as soon as possible.
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