TRAGIC: A WOMAN WAS BATHED WITH ACID AFTER ACCEPTING A MARRIED LOVER'S PROPOSAL TO BECOME HIS SECOND WIFE.{PHOTO}.

                        According to one of my reporter Chinenye Genevieve,who just sent in this story and the picture with the caption ''a 25 year old woman,Ogochukwu Nwosu,is in a critical condition at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital,Idi-Araba,Surulere,Lagos State,after she was bathed with substance suspected to be acid.Ogochukwu was at Ilasa bus stop,on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway,when a man allegedly dropped from a motorcycle and poured acid on her.He was said to have jumped back on the motorcycle and fled the scene.Thee victim,who sustained burns on her face,neck,breast,among other parts of her body,was reportedly rushed to LUTH by passersby.Ogochukwu,who spoke with Punch correspondent from her hospital bed,accused one Mrs Chidi,the wife of the man who had proposed marriage to her,as the culprit.She alleged that Mrs Chidi had been threatening her on the telephone and through text messages immediately she learnt of her husband's intention to marry her {Ogochukwu}.She said she had turned down Mr Chidi proposal because he was married,adding that the latter persisted.''On thursday,I had closed from Computer Village where I work.Around 8pm,when I reached Ilasa bus stop,I dropped off the bus.I was about to cross to the other side of the road when a man dropped from a motorcycle and poured something on me.He immediately fled on the motorcycle.People came to my rescue and took me to the hospital.I suspect Mrs Chidi because she had been threatening me before the incident.And while I was on admission at the hospital,she called and spoke with my brother,saying that was just the begging,'' she added.Ogochukwu's brother,Peter,said he recorded a part of the conversation with Mrs Chidi on his mobile phone.Pter said he reported the incident at the Itire Police Division,adding that Mrs. Chidi was arrested and detained for two days before the case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department,Yaba.Counsel to the victim,Louis Nwaugbala and Anthony Obi,had already petitioned the Deputy Inspector General of Police,Force Headquarters,Abuja,over the matter.A copy of the petition,read in part,''Sometime in 202,one Mr Chidi approached our client and started making advances to her and promised to marry her.But she vehemently refused the proposal.She told him that she was not interested in the marriage since he was already married.Upon Mr Chidi's insistence of wanting to marry our client and even making preparations to visit our client's family to formalise the marriage rites,our client advised Mr Chidi to inform his wife of his plans to take our client as his second wife,since both of them will be cohabiting in the same house.Immediately Mr Chidi made his plans known to his wife,all hell broke loose as Mrs Chidi started calling and persistently threatening our client's life through phone calls,text and Whatsapp messages.'' The petition alleged that the suspect threatened to wreak havoc before December 2016,the purported month of the traditional marriage between Mr Chidi and Ogochukwu.It added that Ogochukwu was persuaded against reporting the threat to the police by Mr Chidi,who allegedly promised to persuade his wife to accept the union.It said tragedy struck when the victim was attacked while she was returning from work on thursday,October 6,2016.Nwaugbala,the victim's lawyer,said justice must be served in the case,adding that Ogochukwu must be flown abroad for plastic surgery by the  suspect and her husband.''That is the only thing that can assuage the damage presently done to her.She should be flown abroad for treatment,''.he added.