What would make a man empty a gallon of fuel on his wife in the kitchen without
regard for his 18-month-old son by the woman? That was the question on the lips
of stunned patients and visitors at the Leverage Hospital, Igbo-Elerin,
Okokomaiko, a suburb of Lagos State, where the doctor and his retinue of nurses
are battling to save the life of a woman whose husband, a police inspector, set
ablaze on Friday after a squabble.
The victim, Augustina, hails from
Anambra State while her husband, Wasiu Jimoh, is from Kwara State. With burns
all over her body, fluid mixed with human fat dripped ike a fountain from her
face down her chest to her fingertips. Writhing in pains, the medics, Dr Bayo
and the nurses, battled to give Augustina some relief as her peeling skin glued
her to the hospital bed. The doctor said she had suffered second-degree
burns.
Initially, she hardly uttered a word
except some feeble words expressing regrets over a marriage that has gone sour
barely two years after it was contracted.
How it started
The
residents of 7 Tunde Lawal Street, Okokomaiko, woke up on Friday to witness a
more dangerous fight between the couple said to be notorious for constantly
quarreling.
According to Augustina, trouble started on Thursday when she
reported to the husband that a certain lady sent her an irritating text massage
warning her to leave Wasiu alone, claiming that the police officer was her
man.
The victim, who claimed that her husband had the habit of keeping
relationship with other women, said Inspector Jimoh flared up and started
beating her. On Friday morning, he reportedly told her that since she was
stubborn, he was going to deal with her.
