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New Strategy: Woman Burns Cheating Husband’s Documents
Cheating Husband’s Documents: Ifeyinwa Nlemchi, A 36-year-old woman, who allegedly burnt her husband’s official documents to protest his adulterous acts, was yesterday pulled up before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Ifeyinwa resides at number 45 Church Street, Fiwakesin, Agbede in Ikorodu, Lagos State. She stood trial on a two-count charge bordering on malicious damage.
The prosecutor, Roman Unuigbe, told court that the accused committed the offenses on September 16 at their residence.
Unuigbe, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), alleged that the accused suspected that her husband was having an illicit relationship with another woman and planted a tape in his office bag to record their conversations.
He said the accused also found out that her husband was spending time at a hotel with another woman and out of jealousy, took all the documents he had brought from work and set them on fire.
“Her husband, who made a report at the police station, said he wanted her charged for willfully destroying four international passports belonging to clients of Multi Choice Nigeria,’’ the prosecutor said. The offenses contravened sections 338 and 348 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2011.
Ifeyinwa, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. In his ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Mr. P. A. Ojo, granted her bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
