According to the Anambra State Commissioner for Children and Women Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue, the victim had sought divorce accusing her husband of living a questionable life.
She was with her husband in the Ministry of Children and Women Affairs, Awka, yesterday and earlier today where their differences were thought to have been resolved.
It was after they left the Ministry that the husband reached for a bottle containing the harmful substance, which he hid in his clothes, and poured on the victim, causing serious burns to her face and body.
The victim was then rushed to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital.
The Commissioner, Lady Mezue, has already gone to visit and promise to support her.
The husband, who is already in the custody of the police, is a native of Mmiata-Anam, in Anambra West Local Council Area.
See photos of the victim in the hospital below: