Lawyer Ambokire Salimu in wife battering saga

Blantyre-based flamboyant lawyer Ambokire Salimu was on Christmas Day picked by Police after he  allegedly savagely beat up his second wife Mphatso Chimimba.

Sources close to the case told Nyasa Times that Salimu, was arrested at the couple’s Namiwawa home.

While details of what started the domestic violence are still sketchy, our source tells us that Salimu started beating up his wife around midnight of Christmas Eve with a baseball bat until when her maid called for help two hours later.

An officer at Blantyre police confirmed Salimu’s arrest and said the case was so sensitive.

According to friends of the couple, who have two daughters, this is not the first time they have had such problems.

” Ambokire went overboard. When the Police saw how badly Mphatso had been beaten, they immediately arrested  Ambokire because his trousers was [stained ]with her blood. That’s how bad it was,” said our source.

After the Police intervened,  Mphatso wa admitted at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital.