One Elijah Okafor, a Pastor, has allegedly stabbed his wife, Ogechukwu, to death in Anambra State.
Okafor reportedly killed his wife in Nimo community, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state, on August 13, 2024.
The deceased’s family had reported the incident to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare in the state.
Upon receipt of the information, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, ordered a probe into the case.
In a statement the ministry gave an update on the case and steps being taken to pursue justice.
“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.
“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.”
Responding to the development, the commissioner called on all stakeholders, women groups, human rights activists, and social media users to support the state government in ensuring that the deceased gets justice.
Obinabo vowed that the state government would probe the incident while urging everyone to lend their voice on the matter.
