By Kazeem Ugbodaga
The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over increasing rate of wives beaten their husbands in the state, saying that 138 of such cases had been reported in the state in the last one year.
In 2016, at 55 men were beaten by their wives in Lagos, while in 2017, it rose to 138, which represents an increase of over 100 percent of women violating their husbands in the state.
State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem disclosed on Tuesday that there had been rising cases of women beaten men in the state.
He said the Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) of the Ministry of Justice had been inundated with several cases of women beaten in the state.
“The Ministry has noted an increase in report of domestic abuse against men. To date, the DSVRT has received a total number of…
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