Operatives of Ondo State Police Command have arrested a 56-year-old ex-boxer, Moses Olapade, for punching his wife to a coma.Olopade, who is also a truck driver, allegedly pounced on his wife for refusing to hand over a television remote control to him.
The Guardian gathered that the event took place at their residence at No. 9, Odamo Street, Oke-Aro Community in Akure South Local Council if Ondo State. He was said to have asked his 44-year-old wife, Atinuke Olapade, to hand over the TV remote control to him, but she declined.
It took the intervention of neighbours to rescue the woman from her husband after the children ran out screaming for help.
According to the police report, the wife of the ex-boxer refused to give him the television remote to change the channel.
The ex-boxer, who is now a truck driver reportedly returned home from a journey on the fateful day and wanted to watch a programme on the television. He demanded the television remote from his wife but she refused.
Out of anger, the former boxer landed punches on her face until she became unconscious. The neighbours in the vicinity reportedly intervened after the children of the couple called for help.
The matter was reported to leaders of the community, who then called the police, and Olapade was subsequently arrested.
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