A 29-year-old woman, Becky Odion, is on the run after she allegedly bathed her husband with a substance suspected to be acid in Edo State.
The incident happened around 9:pm on Sunday at Idemudia Street, Off Omomon Road, St. Saviour Road, Benin City, the state capital, according to Standard Gazette.
It was gathered that the couple, who have been married for six years with one child, were constantly having domestic squabbles until the latest incident.
It was further gathered that the woman had previously reported her husband to the police but the police settled the matter between them.
The extended families were also planning on resolving the undisclosed squabble before the woman attacked her husband with acid, the publication reported.
Odion is said to be currently unconscious and chances of his survival are reportedly slim.
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