Lagos New Law: You beat Your Wife You go To Jail

The Lagos state government has come up with new Domestic Violence laws to address Abuses in Lagos homes.
Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode who spoke at the opening ceremony of the 15th Annual National Women Conference, organised by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, COWLSO, on Wednesday tagged, ‘Relevance in Economic Turbulence’ in Victoria Island,said,

“We will pursue programmes that will enable our women to be self-reliant through the provision of financial facilities and capacity building. We will establish more skills acquisition centres to equip our women to take charge of their destiny.
“As part of measures to ensure that our women play important roles, my government has put in place policies to protect our women.
“This administration is committed to upholding the rule of law and ensuring that the law against domestic violence and abuse, including rape are brought to the fore. We are already on the right path in our battle against rapists and the need to protect rape victims.”
The governor said his administration had embarked on a five-year maternal mortality rate reduction programme and an integrated maternal new born and child health strategy to revitalise the public health care system.

The state deputy governor Hon Joke Orelope-Adefulire, said the Domestic Violence Law is made not only to protect women who are most times the target of violence in the home but also to safeguard the interest of men, children, servants, maids and everyone who may be a victim of domestic violence.

In case of man/woman abuse issues, it does not matter whether there's a valid contracted marriage between the victim and the perpetrator of the act as long as they are living together in a home setting.
Here's what happens when there's a case of domestic violence.
1. Remove the abuser from the home pending when the abuse is corrected
2. Or remove the complainant from the residence and put in a protective home
3. Provision of financial assistance by the state via the Office of the Public Defender/Legal Aid Council to victims of abuse who maybe financially unable to seek redress in
court.
4. The court can issue warrant of arrest and remand order