Pregnant woman dies after pastor convinced her to remain in abusive marriage

A pregnant woman in Lagos has been killed after she was urged to remain in an abusive marriage, a lawyer has said.

Bolanle Cole described how one of his clients, a five-month pregnant woman died after she was persuaded to withdraw a divorce case in court by her pastor.

He said he had received a phone call from a man based in the UK who was seeking the dissolution of his daughters marriage.

His daughter then contacted Cole after she became his client, and a petition case was filed at the Ikorodu High Court.

However, her husband, pastors, and other family members met a week after the divorce suit was filed and urged her to settle out of court.

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That settlement never materialised as Cole said that his client’s father called him to inform him that his son-in-law had battered his five-month-pregnant daughter to death.