A 62-year-old woman, Beatrice Safiu, has been released from prison after serving nine years for allegedly killing her husband.

Mrs. Safiu, who has six children, lived with her husband, Oluwatoyin Morufu Safiu, in Agbara, Ogun State. She was accused of killing him after finding out his mistress had a baby, reportedly by pouring acid on him while he slept and then hitting him with a pestle.

Beatrice was freed on Saturday after nine years in jail.

Her release came after Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, used his power to pardon 41 inmates and change the death sentences of 45 convicts to life sentences during the June 12th celebration.

she said,

“I had a fight with my husband over a strange woman whom he impregnated and wanted to bring into my home.

“ I refused and that caused a fight; he was coming from the restroom with a bucket of acid he wanted to pour on me and in self defense, I used my pestle that I use in pounding to hit the bucket and the whole liquid poured on him.

“All I was hearing was ‘Ara mi o, Ara mi o (my body my body) then he ran into the bathroom, entered the bathtub and tried to wash his body.

“So I ran out of the house to call my neighbour who is an evangelist.
“We rushed him to Agbara Medical Center first but he was rejected, they said they don’t have equipment for acid patients.

“We took him to another hospital around Agbara and he was also rejected so we had to drive to Badagry General Hospital; on getting there, they said there was no ward to place him and gave me a written note for us to take him to Lagos General hospital,” she said.

Mrs. Safiu expressed her gratitude to Governor Abiodun and human rights groups for her release.