By Ovat Abeng
Anambra based Pastor, Mr. Elijah Emeka Ibeabuchi, has allegedly stabbed wife, late Ogechukwu Okafor, to death in the state.
It was gathered that the incident, which happened on the 13th of August, 2024, was reported to the State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare by the deceased family over the weekend, following irregularities and threats by the alleged husband.
Speaking, Mr Samuel Onuorah, from Abatete, uncle to the deceased, alleged that he got a call from her late niece’s husband that her niece, Ogechukwu, fell from four storey building and died.
Seeking for justice at the office of the commissioner for Women Affairs, Mr Onuorah noted that they discovered that their daughter did not fall but was rather killed with a knife, stabbed in her neck and chest by Elijah.
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He revealed that their doubts were cleared after they went to the mortuary where the said husband had deposited their daughters corpse and saw evidently that she didn’t fall from any story building.
The family of the deceased also alleged that Mr Ibeabuchi intended to use their newborn baby for ritual purposes but in the process of dragging the baby with the wife, stabbing her, and also scrapped her palm.
They therefore urged the state government to come to their rescue and give justice to their deceased daughter.
Responding the Women Affairs commissioner, Hon. Ify Obinabo called on stakeholders, women groups, human rights activists, and social media users to support the government in ensuring that Ogechukwu gets justice.
She urged everyone to lend their voice on their matter and assured of notifying the wife of the governor whom she knows will take up the case personally and give the deceased justice.