A 46-year-old man from Apac District in Northern Uganda is recuperating in hospital after his penis was allegedly cut off by his sex-deprived wife.
Moses Okot, a peasant farmer told Uganda’s Daily Monitor, that on Sunday, June 30, his 35-year-old wife, Beatrice Acen, returned home drunk and severed his manhood.
The incident happened at the couple’s matrimonial home in Amun B Village.
“When I returned home from hunting around 7:00pm, my wife was not home. My daughter served me food and I went to bed thereafter. My wife returned at around 10:00pm and shouted that I open for her the door,” Okot told the Ugandan publication.
“I was already asleep. I felt some little pain, which woke me up only to find my pant wetted with blood,” he said.
Acen is currently on the run, police say.
Okot told the newspaper that, until the incident, he had disagreements with his wife over her alcoholism.
According to the victim, he decided to “punish” his wife by denying her sex.
“The woman comes back home when she is too drunk. As a man, I would no longer tolerate such, so I decided to deny her sex with hope that she would reform. She had always demanded for sex,” said Okot.
Okot and Acen have been married for more than ten years and are blessed with five children.
According to Amun B Village leader, Anthony Ogwal, the couple has for long been involved in violent fights.
Ogwal said Beatrice had, on several occasions, complained about her husband ignoring her sexual needs.
“It’s not the first time Acen is inflicting injuries on her husband. Last year, she broke this man’s collar bone during a domestic fight and ran away. The case was settled in my office and they reunited,” said Ogwal.
Ogwal blamed the rampant cases of domestic violence the on alcoholism.
The village leader said the number of women drinking alcohol is equal to the number of men.
The victim, Okot, filed a report of the harm inflicted by his wife at Olelpek Police post.
Okot is currently receiving treatment at Apac Main hospital, The Daily Monitor says.
