A 45 year old man, Mr. John Ohuonu was on Friday
arraigned before an Umuahia North Chief Magistrate
court 3 for allegedly attacking and chopping- off the
palm of one Mr. Irechi Abel, whom he is accusing of
dating his wife.
According to Mr. Ohuonu, Abel has been having
extra-marital affairs with his wife Blessing Ohuonu
(John’s wife) and was alleged to have been sleeping in
the man’s house at Umuagu village in Obingwa Local
Government Area of Abia State with the woman
whenever the husband was out of town.
Said Ohuonu: “on October 20, 2013, I caught Abel and
my wife (Blessing) making love in my house” a sad
experience that forced him to allegedly attacked the
former with a machet, inflicting various degrees of
injuries on his body, as well as chopped off his left
palm.
However, the unfaithful wife was not spared in the
attack, as the husband also inflicted serious injuries
on her body while she was trying to protect her lover
in the fight.
African Examiner gathered that shortly after the fight
broke out, some policemen arrived the scene and
arrested Ohuonu, as well as took the cut -off palm to
an undisclosed morgue where it was deposited as
exhibited.
The security operatives according to a source also
took Blessing, the lover woman, to the Seventh Day
Adventist [SDA] Hospital along New- Umuahia Road,
Ogbor Hill, Aba where she is still receiving medical
attention
In a two count charge , John was accused of willingly
and unlawfully attempted to kill Abel when he cut off
his left palm from the wrist and inflicted several
machete cuts on him, an offence said to be
punishable under section 320 of Criminal Code, Cap.
38, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 as
applicable in Abia State.
The second charge read thus; “That you John Ohuonu
‘male’ on the same date and place in the aforesaid
Magisterial District, unlawfully did grievous harm to
one Abel Irechi ‘m’ by cutting off his left hand from
the wrist with a machete and also giving him several
machete cuts on his left shoulder, right leg, left ribs
and other parts of his body and you thereby
committed an offence punishable under section 335
of the Criminal Code, cap.38, Laws of the Federation
of Nigeria 2004 as applicable in Abia State”.
After pleading not guilty to the charges, Counsel to
the accused, Nath Ikeocha, had, applied for his bail.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. E.K Uma however
granted him bail in the sum of one hundred thousand
naira (N100, 000) with two sureties in like sum, one
of whom must be a civil servant of not less than level
10 and a resident in Umuahia North LGA.
Meanwhile, the case was later adjourned to
December 4, 2013 for further hearing.

The man has LUST his left palm for illusion of happiness SMH