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Lagos Police Arrest Community Leader For Allegedly Assaulting Wife

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The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) said that the police had arrested a community leader (name withheld) for allegedly assaulting his wife.

The Executive Secretary of DSVA, Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, made the arrest known in a statement in Lagos on Friday.

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She said that the suspect inflicted injures on his wife on April 9 at Ajah area of the state.

“Following a report of physical assault by the community leader, who allegedly brutally assaulted his wife on Easter Sunday, leaving her with grievous injuries on her body and swollen eyes, the agency rescued the survivor from the site of the abuse and she has been placed in private shelter.

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“The perpetrator has been arrested by the Divisional Police station, Ajah Family Support Unit and he is currently in detention,” she said.

The agency boss said that the Office of the Director of Pubilc Prosecutions (DPP) had also requested for the duplicate case file.

According to her, domestic violence is a crime against the state.

“At the Lagos DSVA, we wish to state that all forms of abuse are crimes not only against the survivors but also against the state.

“We are committed to ensuring that all perpetrators, irrespective of their status, are made to face the full wrath of the law,” she said.(NAN)

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