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Girl dies each week after accusing her husband of dwelling violence in Ebonyi
A mother of six, Mrs Anulika Uguru, has died in Ebonyi State each week after she cried out over alleged incessant battery and several types of dwelling violence by her husband, Sunday Uguru.
Sampson Oko Nweke, Chairman of Human Rights Defenders (HURIDE) Ebonyi State, who disclosed this in an announcement on Tuesday, talked about that the deceased had on April 19, launched a grievance to their office in opposition to her husband over alleged incessant cases of battery and completely different conditions of dwelling violations.
Mr Nweke talked about he obtained data of her dying on Tuesday, April 26, a day after they spoke on the cellphone.
Anulika’s husband who has been arrested after he initially fled, claims that she died after consuming some herbicide nonetheless he would not know who gave it to her.
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JUSTICE FOR MRS ANULIKA: A FRESH VICTIM OF ABUSIVE MARRIAGE IN EBONYI STATE
This woman lying lifeless proper right here is Mrs Anulika Uguru, a mother of six boys. She is from Ndiechi Onuebonyi Igbeagu, married to Mr Sunday Uguru (a.okay.a Starger) of Ekeru Inyimagu group, all in Izzi LGA of Ebonyi State.
Per week prior to now, merely on nineteenth of this April 2022, this woman launched a grievance to our office in opposition to her husband over incessant cases of battery and completely different conditions of dwelling violations. Regrettably, there was this delay in serving the husband an invitation uncover on account of consistent with the wife, he is an inter-state transporter with no professional cellphone amount.
Yesterday, twenty fifth April 2022, I spoke with the girl on cellphone and requested her to return again to my office presently (twenty sixth April) by 12noon. As I waited till 12:30pm presently with out seeing her, I dialed her amount nonetheless was picked up by a toddler, presumably her toddler.
The child handed the cellphone to a unique woman who then knowledgeable me that the proprietor of the cellphone I was calling is lifeless. She directed us to 1 village clinic at Sharon junction the place I observed the motionless physique of Mrs Anulika. We went in agency of a member of GBV Taskforce in Ebonyi State , Comrade Matthias Okinya.
The sight of the lifeless woman stuffed my coronary coronary heart with uncontrollable rage and resentment, I phoned the police immediately and a detachment of a Police crew obtained right here nonetheless the husband was no the place to be found. We launch a extreme search for him with the assistance of concerned villagers and later acquired him apprehended. He is presently in police detention. He claims Anulika drank some herbicide nonetheless would not know who gave it to her.
He ought to make clear what occurred to this beautiful youthful woman cut back in her prime. She spoke with me yesterday; spoke collectively together with her son spherical 9am presently and died sooner than 1pm. Mrs Anulika ought to get justice.
Sampson Oko Nweke
Chairman, Human Rights Defenders (HURIDE) Ebonyi State
