A man is currently on the hot seat after allegedly killing his wife.
According to reports, the man, identified as Mr Elijah allegedly murdered one Mrs. Ogechukwu Okafor in August 13, 2024 in Nimo community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.
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Reacting to the incident, the Anambra State government, through the state’s ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare bas ordered the immediate investigation of the matter.
In a statement released by the media aide to the commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Chidinma Ikeanyionwuon Wednesday, August 11 said the incident was reported to the ministry after noticing some suspicious movement from the husband.
The statement read in part,
“The deceased uncle, Mr Samuel Onuorah, from Abatete community, who led the family member to lay the complaint at the ministry, alleged that he got a call from her late niece’s husband that her niece, Ogechukwu, fell from four-storey building and died.
“Mr Elijah Emeka Ibeabuchi, who hails from Nimo in Njikoka Local Government Area of the Anambra State, is the husband to the late Ogechukwu Okafor.
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Seeking for justice at the office of the Commissioner for Women Affairs, the uncle of the deceased, Mr Onuorah, noted that they discovered that their daughter did not fall as claimed by the husband, but was rather killed with a knife, stabbed on her neck and chest by Elijah.
“He further revealed that their doubts were cleared after they went to the mortuary where the said husband had deposited their daughter’s corpse and saw evidently that she didn’t fall from any storey building as claimed by the husband.”
Obinabo added that the government would definitely investigate into the matter and make sure justice is served.