Posted by Amarachi on Tue 12th Mar, 2024 - tori.ng
Okumu, who confessed to having concealed such assault in the past to protect the husband, now wants her husband arrested to prevent a repeat of the same once she returns home.
A Kenyan woman, Metrine Okumu, based in Busia County is seeking the arrest of her husband after he physically assaulted her.
The 42-year-old said she suffered severe injuries to her face and chest after the assault. Speaking to the media at Busia County and Referral Hospital, where she was admitted after the ordeal, Okumu revealed that her ordeal began after he went to a local bar to drink with another woman.
She said after she visited the bar to request some money to buy food, the man and the unknown woman descended on her with blows, beating her to a pulp. She claimed that they also poured the alcohol they were drinking on her.
The woman with a visibly swollen face said;
“I went to ask him for money to buy food, and he was seated with another woman drinking alcohol. They poured the alcohol on me and then began to beat me."
Okumu, who confessed to having concealed such assault in the past to protect the husband, now wants her husband arrested to prevent a repeat of the same once she returns home.