Police Arrest Lawyer Caught Assaulting His Wife In Viral Video

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-medium-font-size"><strong>The Nigerian police in Akwa Ibom has finally arrested a lawyer&comma; Ekere Ebong&comma; who was caught in a viral video abusing and assaulting his wife in Uyo&comma; the state capital&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You may recall that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;john-dumelo-quits-politics-to-join-ghana-navy-video">in a video<&sol;a> that made the rounds on social media over the weekend&comma; Ebong was seen beating his wife at their Uyo residence&period; In the five-minute clip&comma; the woman can be seen lying on the ground with blood coming out of her mouth&comma; while begging her husband to stop the beating&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The woman was rescued by her neighbors&comma; who challenged Ebong&period; One of the neighbors said the man has been beating his wife almost every night in the last four years&period; The video elicited angry reactions on social media&comma; with most Nigerians calling on the police to arrest the lawyer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;7j8WkpTpliMVRjbm-576x1024&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-192617"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In a statement released on Monday&comma; Odiko Macdon&comma; Akwa Ibom police spokesperson&comma; said the lawyer is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a known habitual perpetrator of violent acts against his wife over the years”&period; Macdon said the lawyer will be arraigned in court after the conclusion of investigation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As an agency saddled with the protection of lives and property and maintenance of law and order&comma; we cannot allow Barrister Ebong to continue this flagrant ab¥se of human rights&comma; hence&comma; the commissioner of police&comma; CP Olatoye Durosinmi ordered the arrest of the suspect to prevent m¥rder and breakdown of law and order&comma;” the police spokesperson said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1736017715033190657" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;