Pastor Folayemi Richard of Victor’s Church, Ilorin, Kwara State, has reportedly beaten his pregnant wife, Odunola to coma over an altercation.
According to an informant, the alleged assault happend around January 2021 at their residence at Ita Olodan, Upper Gaa-Akanbi in Ilorin town.
The wife lamented while speaking with an online medium, that her husband kept torturing her when their wedding was barely three months old and her pregnancy was a month old.
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She alleged that her husband once brutalized her with a cable wire till she became unconscious. As if that was not enough, the man dragged her on the floor.
“Last year, September 26, we got married, and we’ve been living together as husband and wife. When our wedding was one month old, that was when a terrible crisis occurred. We had a disagreement. Suddenly, he ordered me to stand up and that he would take me to a hospital, where he would dump me.
“He started insulting my parents; I cautioned him. He slapped me and began to beat me. He got a cable wire which we use for speakers in the church and beat me.
“I started shouting for help. I became so weak. I dashed out of the house; he followed me and started dragging me on the ground, saying he did not want the marriage again.
“At this time, people had already gathered and were begging him. He locked me out and went to my parents. When he came back again, he ordered me to leave his home,” she narrated.
An eyewitness, Victoria Oluwaseun, has confirmed the story to be true
Meanwhile Mrs. Odunola has already complained to the National Human Right Commission and to the state Ministry of Women Affairs to help her seek justice.
