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I think the husband in question will be charged simply for manslaughter, maybe a three months jail sentence and det free. My readons are simple, this incident happened in Nigeria, and our constitution accomodates correcting (spanking) ones wife provided it doesnt cause grievous harm to tje wife. Now, he claims he only slapped his wife and to me thats correcting his wife according the law hed allowed to do so. Secondly the autopsy state clearly that him slapping (correcting) his wife did not cause grievous harm (death) but an edema in her head. The cause of a brain edema could be head trauma , low blood sodium (hyponatremia), high altitude, brain tumors , or an obstruction to fluid drainage (hydrocephalus). Headaches, confusion, and unconsciousness or
coma can be symptoms of cereral edema.
I think what happened in this case is when she got caught, the wife surely mustve been stressed up, also not forgetting her eventful weekend which she wouldnt have gotten over yet, with everything mixing up in her head and the slapps from the husband and all the confusion around her must have overwhelmed her and eventually led to her death.
A simple example is the headaches we all have when we are stressed, its caused by some form of pressure in the brain.
To answer the square question why he went into hiding initiay, I think it was fear but when he learnt about:



Section 55(1)(d). Correction of Child, Pupil, Servant or Wife.
(1) Nothing is an offence which does
not amount to the infliction of grievous hurt upon any persons which is done :
(a) by a parent or guardian for the purpose of correcting his child or ward . . .
(b) by a schoolmaster for the purpose of correcting a child . . .
(c) by a master for the purpose of
correcting his servant or apprentice . . .
(d) by a husband for the purpose of correcting his wife , s
uch husband and wife being subject to any native law or custom in which such correction is recognized as lawful. Just my tot