A 37-year-old woman threw caution to the winds when she stormed a church during vigil in a feat of anger and poured hot water on the face of a lady while prayers were ongoing.
Mrs. Joy Sunday, a mother of two, had before the act accused the victim of dating her husband and had reportedly warned her to stay away.
Joy was also alleged to have stabbed the victim’s sister who attempted to make peace when she stormed the Spring of Life Global Ministry, a church located at Giwa area of Agbado, Ogun State, where the incident occurred.
She was promptly arrested by the police on receipt of a complaint on the incident on Sunday, August 8.
Spokesperson for the Ogun State police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the development in a statement, said the victim, Justina Ameh, was receiving treatment at Strong Tower Hospital, Agbado.
He said that the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Agbado divisional headquarters by the elder sister of the victim, Kelechi Samuel.
“The sister of the victim reported that they went for vigil at the Spring of Life Global Ministry situated at Giwa area of Agbado with her younger sister.
“The suspect came into the church with a container of hot water and poured it on her sister’s face, thereby causing her grievous harm.
“On that fateful day, while they were in the church, the suspect came as usual and started raining curses on her.
“But, as she tried to walk away from her, the victim tore her cloth in the process of pulling her back and it was that annoyance that made her to go home to boil water, which she brought back to the church and poured it on the victim’s face.
“When asked whether or not she was dating the victim’s husband, the victim said she can swear with anything that there is nothing between her and the victim’s husband”, Oyeyemi explained.
He added that during interrogation, the victim explained that the suspect had been accusing her of sleeping with her husband for quite some time and all efforts to disabuse her mind of it had proved abortive.
Oyeyemi said the state commissioner of police, CP Edward Ajogun, had directed that the case be properly investigated and the suspect be charged to court as soon as possible.
