A 41-year old
bank staff, Raymond Olisa Okani has been arrested and charged before a Lagos
court for allegedly battering his wife, Nkiruka, 36, after denying her s*x as
punishment for two years in Lagos State.
The incident
happened at 511 Road, Gowon Estate in Egbeda, Lagos where they reside.
His arrest and
arraignment followed a petition to the police by a human right group who had
tried every means to settle the matter but instead it was getting worse due to
the man’s constant assault on Nkiruka.
Apart from the
assault and denial, he reportedly abducted their three children and hid them at
an undisclosed place suspected to be his mistress house.
Okani, who
hails from Abagana in Anambra State, is a staff of May Fresh Mortgage Bank at
Trade Fair Complex branch owned by Rev Father Emmanuel Edeh of Adoration
Praying Ministry, Elele in Rivers State. He worked with Rev. Edeh for several
years and has been given merit award before he was transferred to Lagos to work
at the Bank.
He later
married Nkiruka who hail from Nssuka in Enugu State and they had children.
An embattled
Nkiruka told P.M.EXPRESS that their seven year-old marriage started facing
problem two years ago when Raymond suddenly started coming home late from work
under the flimsy excuse that he was assisting their female boss in the office
and thus stopped sleeping with her.
She said he
ordered her to move all her property from their bedroom and restricted her to
their children’s room.
She narrated
that when the burden became unbearable to her as he has stopped providing for
the family and at a point asked her to leave their matrimony home so that he
could bring another woman, she refused mainly because of their children and
then he resorted to constantly beating her. She said out of frustration, she
went to a human right group office at Ikeja and reported her predicament.
He was invited
but he refused to come for amicable settlement of the matter.
She said
following his refusal by both families and the human right organisation, the
matter was reported to the police who arrested him and charged to court.
Raymond was
charged with assault and abduction of the children under the Criminal Code.
He pleaded not
guilty
The presiding
Magistrate, Mrs J.O.E Adeyemi granted Raymond bail in the sum of N200,000 with
two sureties in like sum.
He was
remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail condition.
The matter was
adjourned till 6 March 2017.
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