A man in Maiduguri, the
Borno State capital, got the shock of his life when he traced his wife, who had
been missing from home for about three months to a brothel in the troubled
city.
The housewife, who was
said to have been staying in the brothel as a sex worker, reportedly left her
home and two children on the pretext of going to buy something in a provision
store and failed to return or make contact until more than three months later
when the husband caught up with her.
Relating the story, a
Civilian JTF man in Maiduguri, who assisted the distraught husband catch up
with the woman, Kabiru Skido, said he was checking vehicles along Baga market
road when the husband of the woman ran to him and requested that he should stop
a commercial Keke NAPEP that was approaching them.
“I stopped the oncoming
Keke NAPEP when suddenly the man ran to one of them and started dragging a
woman out. My colleagues and I intervened to know what was happening. He
explained that the woman was his wife and that he traced her to a brothel
behind the market but rather than follow him home, she jumped into a Keke NAPEP
and was about to escape once again.
“The woman suddenly
started shouting saying “yes, you are not taking good care of me. I have to go
and find something to take care of myself.”
According to Skido, when
they realised that a crowd was about gathering and since they were already
speaking Ibo, they had to invite an elderly Igbo businessman from the market,
called Pa Okoro, who came and took them away.
Confirming the report, Pa
Okoro said the woman told him that her husband had not been giving her pocket
money and that he also refused to set up a business for her. According to her,
this forced her to go to the brothel to raise some money for her upkeep.
“I invited some elders
that joined me in settling them and she has returned back to the husband’s
house. It is now left for him to know how to take care of her or she will go
back and be seeing other men again. If you do not know how to feed your dog
very well, it will certainly feed from the garbage,” Pa Okoro said. (Ripples
Nigeria)
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