No fewer than 340 cases of wives beating their husbands to submission, has been recorded by the Lagos State Government in the last one year.
Executive Secretary, of Lagos Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, DSVA, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, made the disclosure in a quarterly report of the agency.
She said the incidence of reports of domestic violence from males also increased in the last year.
Vivour-Adeniyi disclosed that 340 male reported cases of domestic violence perpetrated against them by their wives between September 2022 and July 2023.
She expressed worries over the trend, saying the agency “Is currently handling the cases with the aim to find amicable resolution.”
