Last night, renowned activist Dr Joe Odumakin shared the story of a Nigeria woman, Gloria, who was attacked and maimed by her husband during a domestic altercation.
Gloria recounted the terrifying story of live with her abusive husband. She endured the physical beatings, until this incident when her husband attacked her with a blunt weapon, leaving her with deep cuts between the eyes.
Gloria. (Joe Odumakin)
Odumakin reports that her foundation has taken up the case, reported the gender based violence to the police and the abuser has been arrested. However, the man’s extended families and community people have asked to ‘settle’ the case in the ‘family way’, to which Odumakin refused.
“Would the family wait till she dies and bury her the family way when they have refused to stop him from beating her all these years,” Odumakin asked, and added that her lawyers will proceed to press charges tomorrow.
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