Woman attacked with acid by lover seeks help to survive

The incident of August 28, 2010 will remain with Ms. Paulina Imuere (41)

It was a day her vision was cut short and dreams shattered.  it was a day she hoped  never happened.

That was the day she her supposed lover poured her acid and disfigured her.

Paulina, an indigene of Kokori in Ethiope –East Local Government Area of Delta State, had fasted and prayed   on   August 27, 2010 during a church programme but next morning she was bathed with acid by   Mr. Difference Ogba,  her lover who knocked on her door at 5 a.m.

The attack left Paulina blind with one eye completely chopped off by the acid and the other blind but with chance to be restored.  Her two nostrils are also damaged with her skull grafted in efforts to save her.

Ogba is now serving a ten- year jail term in Okere prison in Warri after he was convicted by the High Court at Otu-Jeremi.

However,  please to well meaning Nigerians to come to Paulina’s aide have not yielded results four years down the line.

Paulina at her Okuokoko residence where she is staying with her elder sister, the story was that of agony and pains. But she remains hopeful that help could come her way to enable her to undergo a corrective plastic surgery to restore her severely damaged face and body.

According to her, “ my elder sister, Mrs. Kate Agbavwre and members of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry and Church of God mission have been helping me and I have great hope that help will come one day.  I can still see again.  Doctor confirmed that I can still see again but at  a very high cost. My faith is stronger now as I have taken God as my father.

“If Ogba repents and God forgives him, it is good for him.  I  have forgiven him.  God is the true judge. I leave him to his God. The incident has changed my perception about life and my faith in God has grown.”

Back in 2011,  after the attack, the once beautiful woman   who men found irresistible   was a shadow of her   former   self after she was discharged from University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Benin City.

Paulina, a divorcee and mother of three needs a lifeline of   N10 million to restore her dignity.