Jealous woman bathes lover with acid in Calabar

The police in Calabar, Cross River State, have
arrested a nurse, Dorothy Hayford Nkanu, who
allegedly poured acid on her lover, Edmund
Educhukwu (pictured above) on suspicion that he
was dating another lady.
Neighbours later rushed Edmund to the University
of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, where doctors
have been battling to save his badly damaged face
and left eye. The right eye was damaged beyond
redemption.
Narrating his ordeal at the Intensive Care Unit of
the UCTH, the final year student of Education
Technology in the Faculty of Education at the
University of Calabar said he and Dorothy have
been lovers for some years and that they spent
the night before the day of the attack together.
"We even had passionate sex that night. It
was in the morning that she did this to me
without any fight".
On what may have prompted the lady to inflict
such damage on his body, he said that "Dorothy
had once complained that some people had
told her that I was dating another lady whom
I intend to marry and abandon her after
these several years together. But I
reassured her that it was not true that
people were only trying to destroy our
relationship. It did not occur to me that she
was still harbouring the grudge", he said.
He said the morning the incident happened, they
woke from bed without any sign of trouble and he
led her on morning devotion. "It was when I was
rounding off the prayers with my eyes still
shut that she sneaked out and brought the
paint rubber where she hid the acid and
poured it on me."
He said his girlfriend who is from Agwagwune in
Biase area, Cross River State attacked him while he
was not wearing a shirt, so that the acid would
have maximum impact on his body.
After pouring the acid on me she said "if the God
you are praying to supports your plan, I will
now see the woman that will accept you with
your eyes blind and face destroyed' and she
ran away".
Doctors at the UCTH confirmed that one of
Edmund's eyes had been completely destroyed
while the second one could be salvaged.
"He needs a skin transplant and adequate
care for the other eye to be restored at least
for him to see with it and that cannot be
done here but outside this country, perhaps
in UK or USA", PMNews source said.
DSP John Umoh, the Public Relations Officer for
the Cross River Police Command said the woman
has been arrested and is currently in detention.
Source: PM News