A NIGERIAN trader has pleaded to have his 16 year old marriage dissolved because his wife beats him. A case which is rare in Nigeria, where rather more women complain about physical and emotional abuse.
Sunday Olagoke, 32, made his plea at the Grade ‘B’ Customary Court, Orile- Agege , Lagos. He made his testimony in tears, as he alleged of his wife, Christianah;
“My wife does not cook for me, the worst is that she beats me whenever I confront her.
“She behaves like a man and I was scared of her all through the period we were together.
We had no issue together, we lived like cat and mouse and she eventually left the house a year ago without telling me.
“I really suffered in her hands; I was the wife while she was the husband. But I thank God it is now over…”
In Kenya the above scenario is common. More cases of Husband-Beaters abound such that there is even an organization that is set up to fight for the rights of battered men calledthe Maendeleo ya Wanaume Organization.
Recently a husband was brutally attacked by his wife with a panga (machete) in Nyeri, Kenya and there has been clamor by some groups for the Passing into law of a Family rotection Bill.
Maendeleo ya Wanaume claims 460,000 cases of domestic abuse were reported in central Kenya, last year in a survey that includes Nairobi area. Of these, 150,000 had reported undergoing emotional abuse while 300,000 cases had been physically assaulted.
The organization’s chairman, Mr Njoka claims 300,000 men were battered by their spouses, making the region the worst place in the country for men in wedlock.
What do yu think about this? do you have any similar stories or experiences? , what can be done to curb the this menace?
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