According to Vanguard,in October 2015, when the victim, based in Spain, with her seven year-old daughter, visited Nigeria. Trouble reportedly started when she was said to have visited a native doctor at Sakpoba Road, Benin City shortly after her arrival in Nigeria. Though Sunday Vanguard could not ascertain the relationship between the woman and the native doctor, it was said that the wife of the latter became jealous of the alleged ‘close relationship’ between the Marbel and her husband and engaged Marbel in a shouting match. She accused her of having an affair with her husband but Marbel refuted the allegation vehemently, explaining that the relationship between her and the husband was purely business.“But of course the wife did not believe her story and continued to protest.
Neighbours told Sunday Vanguard the wife feared Marbel may be using her connection abroad to make her husband dump her. Sunday Vanguard learnt that the situation took a turn for the worse when the native doctor’s wife called Marbel’s husband in Spain to report the matter to him. It was gathered that the incident caused problems between Marbel and her husband. Tragedy struck, however, when Marbel went to the salon to fix her hair, as unknown persons stormed the place and bathed her with acid.
The incident caused pandemonium as people ran helter-skelter, a situation which gave the suspects the opportunity to escape. Marbel was rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) for treatment before she was flown back to her base in Spain for surgery. It was amid this tragedy that the victim was said to have sued her husband for divorce, which was said to have been granted by a court in Spain.
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