Mother of two identified as Mrs. Añurika Chinwuba, was on Wednesday afternoon bathed with harmful substance believed to be acid by her husband, Mr. Onyeachonam Chinwuba, because she allegedly demanded for divorce.
According to the Anambra State Commissioner for Children and Women Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue, the victim who had sought divorce, accusing her husband of living a questionable life, was with her husband in the Ministry of Children and Women Affairs, Awka, yesterday where their differences were thought to have been resolved.
It was after they left the Ministry that the husband reached for a bottle containing the harmful substance, which he hid in his clothes, and poured on the victim, causing serious burns on her face down to her body.
The victim was taken to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital and where the Commissioner, Lady Mezue, has already visited and promised to support her.
The husband,is already in the custody of the police.
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