Intimate Partner Violence against Men (IPVAM) in Nigeria: A Case study of Babangida and his wife

                                                                 

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Intimate Partner Violence against Men (IPVAM) in Nigeria: A Case study of Babangida and his wife

In many developed countries and some developing countries, incidences of domestic violence perpetrated by their partners have been reported by men. However, the position of authority and superiority accorded the male gender in the African culture tend to give credence to the believe by many people that domestic violence perpetrated by women on men is non-existent in this environment. Even though there is paucity of available empirical data on violence against men in Nigeria, is this to say that it does not exist? (Domestic Violence against Men: Myth or Reality in the Nigerian Setting? (Esther Asekun-Olarinmoye, Asekun-Olarinmoye OS, Adebimpe WO, Omisore AG).

The case under review answers the above question that, the fact that domestic violence against men in Nigeria is grossly underreported for many reasons, it is indeed happening and also on the increase in the recent times.

The Editor of The Guardian newspaper reported and published an article on 27 October, 2020 titled: “Wife cuts husband’s manhood for impregnating another lady in Taraba.” In the report, “a middle-aged woman, on Sunday, reportedly cut off her husband’s manhood in Taraba State for allegedly impregnating another woman.” A source who is also a neighbor to the victim confirmed, the newspaper stated “that the wife cut the manhood of her husband because he impregnated another woman.

According to the newspaper, it was gathered at the weekend that the man, simply identified as Babangida but popularly known as Bangis, who is in his 30s, suffered severe injuries on his genitals after his wife attempted to cut off his dick. It was reported that the incident happened at Appawa community, a surburb of Lau Local Government area at about 12.15am when Babangida was asleep.

When asked why she made attempts to cut off her husband’s manhood, the woman replied: “The Bible says we should cut off anything that can make one to sin.”

Additional information made available in the report was that the couple were yet to have a child.  

Part of the publication confirmed the high rate of frequency of domestic abuse against men in Nigeria when it disclosed that this reported domestic violence allegation was coming about four months after the police arrested 32-year-old housewife, Haliman Umar, who cut off her husband’s dick with a knife in the same state for marrying another wife.

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