Ikenna Obianeri A widow from Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, Chikodili Okeke, has appealed to the state government to save her from the intimidation and frustration she is suffering from her late husband’s kinsmen over her refusal to engage in sexual affairs with some of them. Okeke made the appeal when she appeared before the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare at the ministry’s headquarters in Awka, on Thursday. The case, bordering on alleged torment, intimidation and forceful seizure of property, was reported to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare by the widow herself.
Narrating her ordeal before the commissioner, she said her late husband, Christopher, who became critically sick while in Sierra Leone, was brought down to Nigeria for treatment, noting that during his treatment, some of his kinsmen began to interfere in his affairs. She revealed that her kinsmen invited her several times to their town meetings, where they accused her of not informing them officially that her husband was sick, after which they banned her from everything concerning her husband’s healthcare. According to her, some of the kinsmen restricted her from visiting or attending to her husband in the hospital, where he was receiving treatment, claiming that the doctor informed them that the sickness usually got worse each time she visited.
She said, “My kinsmen in collaboration with my husband’s sister bribed and conspired with the doctor.