The former governor
of Benue State Mr. Gabriel Suswam was last week arrested in London for battery
charges.
According to an Online report, Close family sources reveal that Metropolitan Police
Domestic Violence Officers booked Mr. Suswam into the London detention center
for several hours and a judge set a £5000 bail bound for the former governor
which he met before being released.
Police arrested the embattled Suswam in his luxury London home
after Police received a distressed 999 call from his wife Yemisi the former
first lady of Benue state.
She told a dispatcher over the phone that she feared for her life
after being physically assaulted by her husband over a heated argument relating
to Suswam's mistress Shidoo.
A family source told the police that Suswam hit Yemisi severally
and inflicted injuries on her over Shidoo's overbearing influence on Mr.
Suswam.
Battery is an offence under the UK law against the Persons Act of
1861.
Suswam faces a prison term not exceeding six months.
A close family source who spoke to our correspondent
disclosed that the British Police are prevailing on Mrs. Suswam to press
charges against her husband who the source said is in the habit of abusing her
often.
The former Benue First Lady's trauma our correspondent gathered
stemmed from the overbearing influence of Suswam's mistress Shidoo who has
taking over the former governor's home as his wife.
Yemisi, the family source added has severally been assaulted
by the governor over the years before Shidoo came into his life.
Shidoo, according to close family source in the know has a child
for Suswam and that irked the former first lady to see her losing grip of her
husband to a mistress who has vowed to marry Suswam.
we gathered that the former governor had repeatedly declared to
Yemisi his wife that he would officially marry Shidoo,as a wife
Investigations pieced together reveal that Shidoo who works at NAFDAC was the 'go to' for Tiv
people trying to reach out to the governor while he was in power.
"She was always helpful to the Benue people and that
was what endeared her to our people. She was always ready to help. If any Benue
person needed something from the former governor, Shidoo was always ready to
help, the family source said.
A close family source who spoke to our correspondent
disclosed that the British Police are prevailing on Mrs. Suswam to press
charges against her husband who the source said is in the habit of abusing the
woman at often times.
If Mrs. Suswam decides to press criminal charges against her
husband, the former governor risk going to jail under the UK Criminal Justice
Act of 1988
As at the time of filing this report, it was not clear
whether the Metropolitan Police officials installed electronic device on him to
prevent him from jumping bail.
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