Police has arrest a man Onyeachonam Chinwuba by name for splashing acid on his wife, Anurika, in Awka, Anambra State.
According to report, he did this because the wife request for divorce.
Ndidi Mezue the State’s Commissioner for Women Affairs,said,
"the victim who had sought divorce, accusing her husband of living a questionable life, was with her husband in the Ministry, yesterday and earlier today, where their differences were thought to have been resolved."
It was after they left the Ministry that the husband reached for a bottle containing the acid and poured it on Anurika, causing serious burns on her face down to her body.
The victim was rushed to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital for treatment, while the husband was arrested.