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| Woman accused of attacking husband with machete while he slept 'after he tried to marry second wife' | Woman accused of attacking husband with machete while he slept 'after he tried to marry second wife' |
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| A woman in Nigeria is suspected of attacking her husband with a machete while he slept, after he admitted he planned to marry a second wife. | A woman in Nigeria is suspected of attacking her husband with a machete while he slept, after he admitted he planned to marry a second wife. |
| Police said the woman bought the weapon two weeks before inviting her husband to stay in her apartment in Ijebu-Ode, a city in the south-west of the country. | Police said the woman bought the weapon two weeks before inviting her husband to stay in her apartment in Ijebu-Ode, a city in the south-west of the country. |
| She waited for him to go to sleep, police told Nigeria’s The Nation newspaper, before hacking at him with the new machete. | She waited for him to go to sleep, police told Nigeria’s The Nation newspaper, before hacking at him with the new machete. |
| The man was taken to the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital, where he remains in a coma, though doctors suggested he was responding well to treatment. Graphic images published in local media reports showed a man lying on a hospital bed, with deep wounds to his chest, shoulders and legs. | The man was taken to the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital, where he remains in a coma, though doctors suggested he was responding well to treatment. Graphic images published in local media reports showed a man lying on a hospital bed, with deep wounds to his chest, shoulders and legs. |
| One arrest has been made, and police said a suspect identified as Oluwakemi Etu would be charged with “wounding or attempted murder” at the Ogun state divisional court. | One arrest has been made, and police said a suspect identified as Oluwakemi Etu would be charged with “wounding or attempted murder” at the Ogun state divisional court. |
| On Tuesday, images emerged showing a woman believed to be Ms Etu standing against a wall, holding what appeared to be the machete involved in the attack. | On Tuesday, images emerged showing a woman believed to be Ms Etu standing against a wall, holding what appeared to be the machete involved in the attack. |
| Ijebu-Ode’s acting police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the weapon used in the attack had been recovered. | Ijebu-Ode’s acting police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the weapon used in the attack had been recovered. |
| He told the Punch newspaper: “The woman has told the police that she bought the cutlass she used in inflicting cuts on her husband two weeks before she attacked him. | He told the Punch newspaper: “The woman has told the police that she bought the cutlass she used in inflicting cuts on her husband two weeks before she attacked him. |
| “She claimed that she attacked her husband because he wanted to marry a second wife.” | “She claimed that she attacked her husband because he wanted to marry a second wife.” |
| Though Nigeria does not have a national law covering polygamy, the practice is recognised and the rights of multiple wives enshrined in civil law in 12 of Nigeria’s northern, Muslim-majority states. | Though Nigeria does not have a national law covering polygamy, the practice is recognised and the rights of multiple wives enshrined in civil law in 12 of Nigeria’s northern, Muslim-majority states. |
| In southern states such as Ogun, polygamous marriages are recognised in customary law. But the lack of civil recognition can mean women do not have their rights protected. | In southern states such as Ogun, polygamous marriages are recognised in customary law. But the lack of civil recognition can mean women do not have their rights protected. |