The battered woman and her children
By PAMELA EBOH, Awka
Mrs. Nonye Soludo, wife of Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has ordered the immediate apprehension of one Chukwujekwu Nwafor, who allegedly battered his wife over a misunderstanding in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of the Anambra State. He was also reported to have kicked the woman, a nursing mother, out of the house, together with their children, including an 8-month-old baby.
The Governor’s wife intervened when she learnt of the development, giving a directive for the provision of urgent and quality medical attention to the victim and her children.
News Express learnt that the victim, Mrs Ifeoma Nwafor, who hails from Amaokpala community, also in the same Council area, attracted the attention of good Samaritans after she was seen sleeping in a roadside bush in the night, together with her little children over the weekend.
Video clips and photos from the scene also suggest that she must have been severely manhandled by the suspect, as she sustained various degrees of injuries on different parts of her body, with some stains of fresh blood on her face.
Speaking in an interview with some of the good Samaritans who saw her in the helpless condition by that time of the night, the victim lamented that she was assaulted by her husband over a misunderstanding, which also culminated to her homelessness with her children.
Photos and the video capturing Mrs. Nwafor and her children in their ordeal, however, saturated the media space over the weekend, thereby drawing the attention of Mrs. Nonye Soludo, founder of Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo.
The Governor’s wife immediately intervened and gave directive for the provision of urgent and quality medical attention to the victim, as well as the immediate apprehension of the husband.
It was learnt that the victim and her children were rushed to a hospital, where the Governor’s wife represented by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, visited and encouraged them.
The Governor’s wife also cleared the medical bills of the victim after it was confirmed that she was fit and in good health condition.
While efforts are still in progress to arrest the suspect, Mrs. Soludo also secured an automatic engagement for the victim at the Orumba North Local Government Headquarters to enable her make some money for her upkeep and that of her children.
The Anambra First Lady further made arrangements for the supply of food items to the family soonest, while also assuring that the victim will get justice, while the suspect faces the full weight of the law, to serve as deterrent to others.
Mrs Soludo warned that such inhuman acts and other such crimes have no place in Anambra State under the present administration of Governor Chukwuma Soludo.(News Express)
