Nigerians on social media have trooped to social media to react to the domestic violence episode between popular businessman, Ikechukwu Ogbonna better known as IVD, and his wife, Bimbo, which left her with severe burn injuries.
The incident took place on Wednesday, October 12 at their home in Megamound Estate, Lekki, Lagos, after Bimbo confronted her husband about the frequent beatings she endures from him.
A full-blown fight ensued between the couple which ended in their house being set on fire. Their kids were lucky to have escaped in time but Bimbo was not so lucky as she was badly burnt in the fire and had to be rushed to the hospital.
She was rejected by several hospitals before one eventually accepted to treat her, and she’s said to be in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the moment.
Well, this is not the first time the couple are in the news for domestic violence as three years ago, Bimbo slipped into coma after she was badly beaten by her husband when she was eight months pregnant for their fifth child.
However, on October 4 2020, IVD disclosed that they have reconciled and set aside their differences days after she wrote an exposé detailing how she had been a victim of domestic abuse for 19 years.
Following the incident, she kept dropping subtle hints on her social media page that she was still being abused by her husband.
Just recently in January 2022, Bimbo shared a cryptic note believed to be directed at her husband saying, “I gave you more than I gave myself, so loyal to you that I betrayed myself.”
Read some of her posts below,
Despite constantly complaining about being a victim of domestic abuse, Bimbo, whom netizens claim got married to her husband at the tender age of 15, stayed put in the marriage for 22 years.
This has stirred mixed reactions online. See below,
