A Nigerian man has sparked outrage online after allegedly beating his wife, which prompted her brothers to storm their matrimonial home and attack him in retaliation.
A video of the incident, shared on X (formerly Twitter), shows a man dressed in white — believed to be the husband — being physically assaulted by his wife’s brothers.
According to the post’s description, the man had earlier beaten his wife, leading her brothers to confront him at his residence.
The video shows him being whipped with a cane before the confrontation escalates, while others nearby try to intervene and break up the fight.
As the clip made the rounds online, concerned users flooded the comment section with mixed reactions, expressing divided opinions about both the husband’s actions and the response from the wife’s family.
Reactions as wife’s brothers attack husband for beating their sister
@elijah_aihie: “A brilliant way to exit the marriage…”
@olat187: “Not acceptable to beat a woman. But if this happens, make the girl just dey go with them oooo.”
@ChiMemeh: “Love this. Beat his ass up. No man born of a woman will touch my sister and I’ll sit and do nothing about it.”
@Hamza2DWurld: “For Minna one boy beat him wife to death with pregnancy bro. Kai come see anger for my body as them dey tell me.”
@dimeji48: “I swear na one by one me and my goons go visit those boys house.”
@betacuntri: “Though it’s not good beating your wife, however, the action of her brothers is worse and could completely destroy the relationship between the two families. How can they visit their in-law after this public show of shame? There are better ways to address stuff like this.”
@stmajora: “If you enter my house like this one or two of you might leave in a box or a hearse.”
@Chukwue96252533: “Hausa man sha all this guys when you marry your own swear no go even beat your wife for once till una old get kind thing way woman go do no go control your hunger issues ,is better no beat if she tired of the marry make she go.”