Woman Gets 26 Stitches After Husband Beats Her Severely Over A Piece Of Fish(photo)

Mrs. Fatima Bankole, 34, has been battered by
her husband, Alhaji Kamoru Bankole, for daring
to take a piece of fish from the pot to break her
fast some days ago. The victim is the first of
his three wives, at their residence in Alasia,
Ijanikin in Lagos State.
The attack happened on the 16th of July, when
the third wife reported to their husband that
their senior wife took a piece of fish from the
soup to break her fast. The husband, according
to witnesses, did not listen to her excuse before
attacking her.
According to the victim, Mrs. Fatima Bankole,
their husband had always physically abused
her, but the incident of July 16th was more
brutal.
She narrated that they had made a roster
between two wives, due to the absence of the
third wife who was away at the period, to cook
for 15 days each. The victim said she had
completed her period, and it was turn of the last
wife. She said they would normally serve the
husband first, followed by the children before
the wives would serve themselves.
On the day she was to be attacked, Mrs. Fatima
said the last wife had finished her cooking and
served their husband and the children. She then
went for her own meal.
But soon after, the last wife complained to her
husband that Fatima took a larger chunk of the
fish in the pot. Their husband, Alhaji Kamoru
Bankole, queried her, but she said that she only
took a little out of it, stating that the fish was in
pieces and mixed in the stew. Her explanations,
however, got her in trouble with their husband.
Alhaji Kamoru, she details, delivered several
punches to her face. She said she bled for
hours and was further locked up in a room for
three days before she escaped.
She said neighbors then took her to the
hospital for treatment. That was the cruelest
from her history of experience of assault by
their husband, Mrs. Fatima said. From
experiences she recounted, she recalled how
her hair was pulled out of her head, which
resulted in grievous head injuries.
Police have now arrested the husband, following
outcry and petitions by the Women Arise civil
group in Lagos. He will be arraigned in court
next week.