pieces of her life together and got involved in a relationship with Mr.
Chinedu Ndubuisi. But rather than get the bliss she desired, she got
blisters, scars and wounds from an alleged physical assault from her
lover.
technician, when she decided to move on with life by relocating to Lagos
after living as a widow for half a decade. Mr. Ndubuisi then came into
her life with the promise to marry her.
bid to give the relationship a chance, the widow moved in with the young
man in his one-room apartment, at 8, Sanu Street, Ikeja, Lagos.
when she gets pregnant for him. When she eventually got pregnant for
Ndubuisi, he allegedly started demanding for money, and the documents
of some of the landed properties left for Ms Peter by her late husband,
giving that as a condition to start their wedding process. According to
Ms Peter, she gave him over N100, 000 to start their wedding
arrangement but insisted they must be legally married first before she
could hand over her land documents to him. Her refusal to surrender the
documents seemed to have gotten him incensed, she added.
However, he bottled up his anger until the midnight on 6th April when
he exploded with fury. “Because of my eight-week pregnancy, I suspended
my clothes business at Igando,” the Amorka, Imo State born widow told
Saturday Sun. “But he stopped bringing money to assist me or support my
upkeep. Still, I was using my savings to prepare food in the house.
“On that fateful day, I prepared his favourite meal. When he came back
around 7pm, he said he won’t eat the food and left the house. He
returned around 11pm in the night. Again he left saying that I should
leave the door unlocked. Since I was not sure of when he would return, I
locked the door and waited for him. He came back around midnight, and I
went to open the door. He got angry that I locked the door and started
abusing me. He asked me why I should lock the door, saying I don’t have
any value since I refused to bring money or my land documents. I told
him the documents are not with me. He shouted at me calling me a liar
and that I don’t want to bring money for our marriage. He said that I
should be grateful that he wants to marry me. I told him it’s a taboo
in my village for a woman to pay her own bride price. I said that he
should make up the remaining sum if he’s serious about settling down
with me.
“At that point, he descended on me. He slapped me, asking why I dared
talk back at him. I asked him what I’ve done to him but he kep
None of the male neighbours came out because they knew I was naked. It
was only one neighbour that mustered the courage to intervene with his
wife. The woman brought her clothes to cover my body. While Chinedu went
about breaking every property I bought and kept in his house. “After
destroying my gas cooker, laptop and other valuables, he came back
again and started beating me. He dragged me on the floor trying to strip
me naked again. I ran out of the compound into the streets. He chased
me with an iron rod that he used to flog me on the head. At that point,
some street boys staying under the bridge at Awolowo road rushed at
him. But he freed his hands and grabbed my hand trying to drag me back
to the house. The street boys refused insisting that I should not go
back to the house with him if I wanted to live. One of them gave me N200
to get a taxi and run to a nearby police station. I was taken to the
Police Station, and it was there that I collapsed, and found myself at
the Accident and Emergency (A & E) Unit of Lagos University
Teaching Hospital (LUTH).”
Thursday last week and allegedly abandoned her there. She was there in a
state of coma at the A&E Unit until a certain Mr. Samson Ezeh, a
member of the Deeper Life Church saw her lying unattended to and
decided to assist her. According to Mr Ezeh, he had witnessed three
people die at the A&E and was spurred to do something to avoid Ms
Ngozi from also giving up the ghost.
“I feel that God used me to help save Ms Peter,” Mr. Ezeh told Saturday
Sun. “I came to LUTH at about 3am to get emergency medical attention
for my cousin who started screaming at the middle of the night. But
when we got there he suddenly became well again. Then I noticed how
people where just dying at the A&E. I watched one die, few minutes
later I saw another person die and before long the third person died. I
couldn’t bear the sight. Then I noticed Ms. Peter lying lifeless there
at the A&E. I was moved to try and help out. I approached one of the
medical officials asking how I could assist. And they gave me a list of
items to buy so that they can commence treatment. I went out and bought
all of them that early morning and didn’t leave until around 8am.”
Saturday Sun visited her, she appeared traumatized but still calm even
with the scars of wounds and bruises all over her face, body, hands,
knees and elbows.
“These ones you see are very minor wounds when compared to the scars of
wounds she carries at the back, butts, thighs and other private region”,
said Mr Ezeh who has been footing her medical bills in the hospital.
taken from her by Ndubuisi preventing her to call her parents or any of
her relations.
“I feel bad because my family would be disappointed in me for getting
involved in this kind of incident. They may think I was bewitched
because they all believe that I’m living a comfortable life here in
Lagos. I’m the only daughter of my parents. I have three brothers; one
is based abroad while the other two live in Abuja. I was married to a
Ghanaian sailor that loved me very much. We have a daughter together.
But he died in a shipwreck. My daughter who is 14 year old studies
abroad. I remained a widow for five years, and really wanted to move on
with life and settle down again. That was why I got into a relationship
with Ndubuisi. I still can’t believe how he treated me. Up till now, I
still feel pains from the punching he gave me on the chest. I still bled
as at yesterday because of the miscarriage of my eight weeks
pregnancy,” she alleged.
Saturday Sun also learnt that Ngozi has been referred to Yaba
Psychiatry Hospital for medical examination to rule out fears of
probable brain damage due to head injuries.
“When she came out of coma, she was acting and saying strange things. It
is apparent that she is traumatized by the beatings she got, but we
want her to go see a neurosurgeon, to make sure the hits she got on the
head didn’t damage any part of her brain”, said a medical official that
pleaded anonymity.
belongings out of Ndubisi’s place. She has petitioned the Area F Police
Command, Ikeja to seek justice.