Mr. Gabriel Suswam, former governor of Benue
State, was last week arrested in London for battery charges.
It was gathered from close
family sources that Metropolitan Police Domestic Violence Officers booked
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.
Suswam was arrested in his luxury London home after Police received a distressed 999 call from his wife Yemisi .
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 (Suswan's mistress) overbearing influence on Mr. Suswam.
A family source told the police that Suswam hit Yemisi severally and inflicted injuries on her over Shidoo’s (Suswan's mistress) 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.
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.
It was 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.
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.
It was 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.
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