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Save Bisi Adeola Now!!!

Save Bisi Adeola Now!!!

ON  December 5, 2019, Bisi Adeola, a hairdresser and  mother  of three,  was nearly mauled to death by her husband, Shuaibu Kalejaye a.k.a Ajah, a  commercial driver, for threatening to  quit  their  10-year-old  marriage.

SHE now  lies traumatized at the University of  Medical Sciences Hospital in Ondo, a shadow  of herself, as she  suffers both physically and  psychologically, with  doctors  battling to save  her life.

ACCORDING to the victim, her  husband  locked  the doors to their house on learning she  wanted to quit  the marriage  so that  neighbours  would not come to her help when he  assaulted her.

RIGHT now, Bisi Adeola has had an arm  amputated and  seeks financial  assistance to enable surgery to be carried out  on  her second arm.

Domestic violence is  a daily re-occurrence in Nigeria as findings show that two third of Nigeria women suffer one form of violence or the other from their men folks . Regrettably battered wives continued  to suffer in silence due to lack of laws protecting women from violence . It is the absence of laws that have continued  to encouraged  some men to turn their wives into punching bags  at the slightest provocation.

WHILE   Adeola  lies bedridden  in the  hospital thoroughly  pummeled by her irresponsible husband, he is still threatening  to  wipe out  Bisi’s  family if she  refuses  to come back to him after  her recuperation.

INDEED, The Hope  is saddened by the wicked and inhuman act committed  by Shuaib  on his  wife, and  shocked that the police  in Okitipupa  have done nothing to arrest  the perpetrator of the crime.

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IT is  even more  heartbreaking and sad  to  know  that this  incident has incapacitated Adeola from meeting her obligation to her children  and extended family who depends on her for survival .

WE believe this situation arises from a  society  that forces women to remain in marriage,  even when it is clear that spouses show tendencies to be violent at the slightest  provocation.

Regrettably,  there  are  thousands  of women  who are trapped  in loveless marriages where one or both spouses show   inclinations towards  violence, with society  unable or  unwilling to solve  the problem .

HOWEVER, in view of the   severity of Bisi Adeola’s injuries, we believe  she has to be assisted in cushioning the  effects  of the violence  meted out on her , especially as she  has children  to take care of.

We share  in the sorrow, humiliation and  brutality  meted out  to Mrs  Adeola and  we call for  help  from fellow  women  and women groups  to  get back to her feet.

CONSEQUENTLY, The Hope  appeals to NGOs and human rights activists to please  help save Bisi  Adeola’s  life through  immediate treatments and rehabilitation.

But much  more than this,  women should know the  character  of a potential  killer in their  husbands  and should  seek  for help to prevent life-threatening  violence  meted  out to them.

IN addition, civil society  organizations, families and other   stakeholders should stop instructing women to endure marriages where violence  and  life-threatening   activities  are rife.

WE  frown  on the fact that   the police  have not  yet  caught  the culprit and call  on them  to  expedite  action toward the apprehension of the perpetrator.

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WE also  appeal to the Ondo State  Government  to investigate this issue and bring Shuaib  to justice, as it  is dangerous for a man who shows such violent  tendencies  to be allowed to walk free.

UNFORTUNATELY,  Bisi Adeola  is not alone on the issue of domestic  violence, so sensitisation campaigns  against  the  occurrence  are  necessary to make couples know the danger inherent in  the act.

IT is our hope that once stakeholders collaborate to bring the issue to the fore of the nation’s   discourse there will be  less incidence of the violence  that is putting Bisi Adeola’s life  at a risk.

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