CITIZENS COMPASS–The wife of a traditional title holder in Uvwie local government area of Delta state has poured boiling water on the chief over extra marrital affairs.
He is currently on admission at a hospital.
The Chief, Philip Uweno, who spoke from his hospital bed at Ekpan in Uvwie local government area said his woman emptied a pot of boiling on him.
He said the wife also hit the backside of his head with a wood.
According to him, he wriggled out of the house with his car key and drove very fast to the hospital with blood gushing from his head.
His words: ” I Am Chief Philip Uweno. My wife poured hot water on me. After the hot water, she used wood on my head three times. I had to struggle to run out of the house. I jumped into my car and drove to the hospital bleeding.
“After pouring the hot water she used a wood to whip my head. My wife has been threatening to injure me because of girlfriend.
“I Am from Okpe Adagbrasa in Elume. My wife is from Uvwie ( name of family withheld) in Ekpan.
When pressed for likely reasons why she vented her anger on him in such a manner he simply said: “It was because of girlfriend “.
He said he had warned her severally to manage her anger that the way she was going, she could harm him in a way that she could regret.
” I have told my wife several times to be careful with her anger that she could harm me and later regret “.
Continuing, he advised men to run away from wives with such wild anger.
” I will not advise any man to have a woman with such anger as a wife. It is dangerous.’’
