The police have arrested 55-year-old Uyo based lawyer, Ekere Sunday Ubong, who was seen beating and kicking his wife in a viral video.
Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, made this known while briefing the press on the development yesterday in Abuja.
She said President Bola Tinubu has zero tolerance for any form of sexual and gender-based violence irrespective of who is involved, as Mr. Ubong will be charged to court on Tuesday 19th December 2023.
“Yesterday being 17th of December, I got a lot of messages from Nigerians who forwarded a video where one man that I later found out is a lawyer, was beating up and dehumanizing the wife. The wife ran out naked with blood all over her face, and this man was kept on punching and kicking the wife on the streets.
“I want to assure Nigerians and all the CSOs that got to me yesterday that today the man has been arrested.
“I couldn’t sleep at night; it kept me sleepless, so I quickly called my brother, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun and I told him about it. He himself got really upset and introduced me to his PSO. I called the PSO and I got the number of the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police. You wouldn’t believe that immediately I called the Akwa Ibom Police Commissioner, one Mr. Olatoye Durosinmi quickly went into action and called me that the man has been arrested.
“So all of you should calm yourselves and know that legal action, will definitely be taken. I will not let this line loose. I don’t care whether the wife is pleading for him. I don’t care whether anybody or the members of the family are pressurizing the wife to come down and plead for him. The Women Affairs Ministry has waged in,” the minister said.