Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe’s domestic violence story broke the internet recently, after she released a picture of herself with visible face injuries, allegedly caused by her estranged husband, Lanre Gentry.
It has been revealed that civil and criminal actions are being instituted against Lanre Gentry, as Mercy Aigbe was quizzed by the Lagos State department of Domestic and $exual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), on Tuesday.
According to The Nation, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in Lagos State, Mrs. Lola Akande, revealed that it was disheartening to see the state Mercy Aigbe was when she came to her office to report the case.
“She was coughing blood from her nose and mouth and she had injury on her face which the doctor said she must have an operation.
I was so angry that I need to see the face of the man that did this to her, and so we invited him and he came to say his own side of the story to the official in charge of domestic violence.
But any man that can beat a woman to a pulp like that to the extent that she is still coughing blood one week after the incident need to have his head examined,” said Akande.
According to her, the Lagos State Government has secured a restraining order for Aigbe to prevent any further abuse by her husband.
She also commended Mercy Aigbe for voicing out her ordeal, and urged other women going through similar situation to do the same.
“I must commend the courage of mercy, because what she did is what other women who are victims of domestic violence out there need to do, they don’t need to hide it except they want to die there".
coordinator of DSVRT, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the restraining order henceforth prevents Mr. Lanre Gentry from getting close to his wife until further notice, assuring that the government would pursue the case to a logical conclusion.
She disclosed that Gentry, who may be charged for domestic violence, is expected to appear in court in two weeks’ time to give reasons why the restraining order should not be.
“We are actually working on the case with the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), we are handling both civil and criminal. The criminal aspect of the domestic violence has been reported to the DPO of Area F and we accompanied her to the station with a view to charging the criminal aspect to court. So that is being handled", She said.
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