You might be experiencing domestic violence if you’re in a
relationship with someone who calls you unprintable names, insults you
or puts you down, Prevents or discourages you from seeing family members
or friends or threatens you with violence or a weapon, hits, kicks,
shoves, slaps, chokes or otherwise hurts you, your children or your
pets.
But In the case of Ivie Edobor who
left the husband and moved on with her life, what is so shocking is that
Ivie’s exhusband came one early in the morning when she was approaching
her new home in the early hours of the day, after a night out.
The ex-husband John Edobor laid in wait, attacked her and her male
friend. In the real sense of law, this is grievous bodily harm GBH,
common assault against Ivie and her friend.
Read her own story:
Ivie Edobor is a mother of three, she has taken to social media to
narrate what she went through in the hands of her husband, John Edobor,
she wrote:
Dear friend, To shed more light on my ordeal, this is my story.
Two years ago my husband kick me out of his house along with my 3
daughters ages 9, 7 and 4.
I was forced to move back to my father’s house and struggled to
provide for my 3 children as he completely neglected them and even took
them of his medical insurance provided by his office Zenith Bank
Plc. After much struggle, I finally got back on my feet. Got a great
job, enrolled my kids in a new school and rented an apartment for my 3
kids and I. About Easter time this year he decides he was to be part of
my children’s life again.
I allowed him access to the children as I felt we could be civil
to each other for the sake of our children. At this time I had started
putting my documentation together for the divorce process. Early hours
of June 19th on my way back from a function, a friend had parked right
in front of the gate of my apartment to press the bell for the gateman
to open the gate and let me into the compound when suddenly he was
rushed at and attacked by a man waving an object. The first
impression was that it was an armed robber trying to rob us. My friend(a
man) pushed he away but he came charging back; at this point I looked
out the opened door and realized it was John Edobor my estrange husband.
Before we could react a group of area boys showed up but rather than
saving us from the assailant, they joined him.
The proceeded to be my friend on the floor giving John the
opportunity to focus his attack on me. He used a metal bar(wheel
spanner/ metal rod) to try hitting me on the head through the opened
drivers door but I shielded it. Not satisfied with that, he turned to
the passengers door dragged out to the floor. I landed on the floor with
my legs extended where he proceeded to hit me on the leg continuously
with the metal. When he was satisfied he was about going back to join
the area boys who had gathered my friend when my neighbour who had heard
my screams for help and seen from his window a man striking someone on
the floor thinking it was an armed robber, numbed down his balcony with a
machete to save whoever was being attacked. On getting down he was
faced with my estrange husband whom he had prevented from entering my
compound without my permission on 2 occasions so he recognized him. It
was at that point he overpowered John.
The area boys recognized him as a member of the security team for
the street and backed off my friend. By that time I couldn’t stand up
and my leg was bleeding profusely. I was rushed to the hospital where my
jeans was torn off my leg to see the nature of my injury. The injury
was so severe that my broken bone torn through my skin puncturing an
artery in the process. Almost 3 months and 2 surgeries later, I have
titanium plates and screws to keep my leg in place and I am unable to
use my right leg. I still have my 3 children to care for and my life is
at a stand still. The perpetrator was charged to court and released on
bail 3 days later. Now he moves around freely carrying on with his life.
Now is it wrong for me to cry for Justice.
Source
Dee Report
ProjectAlert V went on a fact finding visit to Ivie Edobor
this morning sequel to her story of almost being killed by her
estranged husband John Edobor of Zenith Bank. In the team were myself, Benjamin Ocholuje Odeh (Head Legal); Maymunah Garuba Kadiri ( Psychiatric Doctor and Psychologist) who is an associate and Christy Dokubo Adelakun, a friend of the house.
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