Lagos State Governor’s wife Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has condemned the rising cases of domestic violence in the country.

Mrs. Ambode lamented that assault on spouses, child-beating and other forms of uncivilised behaviour against women and children is becoming a trend, which must be curtailed.

“How do you explain a situation where the man you married and one who claims to love you descend so heavily on you at the slightest provocation?

The governor’s wife advised any woman who finds herself in an abusive relationship to retrace her steps, so she can live to tell her own story.

She rejected the common and well-worn excuse of societal stigmatisation of women who abandon unpleasant marriages, retorting that when the woman dies in such a cruel marriage, what then does the society say?

According to her, “Many victims of domestic violence become victims of their own psychological realities. The world of these women is lonely, isolated and filled with fear, with no emotional outlet whatsoever. Sadly, victims wait until it is too late.”