Dear MIMsters: I’m Heart broken! My Husband’s Family Has Kidnapped my Baby

I am a heartbroken woman who got married to my husband in March, 2015. One month after the wedding, my husband beat me up like a criminal because when he called me for morning devotion, I came and sat down then I noticed he was reading his school book. I told him to put his book aside so we can with the devotion.

He kept quiet and ignored me while I kept waiting. I left and went into the kitchen. As I started cooking, he locked the kitchen door and came for me. He used all the kitchen utensils he could lay his hands on to beat me. This happend one month after our wedding.

Since that day, it became a common thing to have me beaten up when he feels provoked. I cried and prayed for fifteen month before God answered me with the fruit of the womb. Three months into the pregnancy, he beat me up so much that I bled throughtout the night. I ran to my parent’s house in the morning.

I gave birth to a baby girl on February 16, 2017. He’s even beaten me while I had her on my back. To cut the long epistle short, my husband’s family has kidnapped my suckling baby from me. I need help to reach the welfare office here in Benin City, so I can have full custody of my child.