Anambra to probe case of pastor who ‘stabbed wife to death’

The Anambra ministry of women affairs and social welfare says it is probing the alleged murder of a woman by her husband.

Chidimma Ikeanyionwu, media aide to the commissioner for women affairs and social welfare, said this in a statement.

Ikeanyionwu identified the deceased as Ogechukwu Okafor, and her husband as Elijah, a pastor.

The incident was said to have occurred on August 13 but was reported to the ministry by the woman’s family after the husband reportedly conjured a story over the death.

“The deceased’s 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 a four-storey building and died,” the statement reads.

“Mr Elijah Emeka Ibeabuchi, who hails from Nimo in Njikoka Local Government Area of 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.”

Ify Obinabo, commissioner for women affairs, urged stakeholders, women groups, human rights activists, and social media users to support the state government in ensuring that the deceased gets justice.

Ikenga Anthony, Anambra police spokesperson, told TheCable that the police is not aware of the incident.