Mrs Soludo Says Man Who Set Wife Ablaze Must Face Justice.
Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo, says she will follow up closely on the case of a man who allegedly set his wife on fire in Abagana, Njikoka LGA until full justice is served.
Mrs Soludo was speaking after she was briefed by the Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Mrs Ify Obinabo and the Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, whom she directed to immediately visit the scene of the incident when the video went viral.
The victim, Mrs Blessing Chioma Nwaka, a mother of five boys, was seen in the viral gory clip on social media on Tuesday, scampering for safety while carrying a 3rd degree burn around her torso and other body areas.
Eyewitnesses said the victim’s husband, Mr Sunday Obiozor Nwaka, a middle-aged man who, alongside their five sons, depended on the wife’s petty business to survive, emptied a can of fuel on the woman and immediately set her on fire over family misunderstanding.
According to a source, it was passersby and neighbours who managed to put out the fire, though it had dealt significant burns on the victim.
She was then rushed to a hospital where she was pronounced dead at around 3 am on Wednesday.
The husband has now been taken into custody and would soon face prosecution.
Reacting to the incident, Mrs Soludo described it as gruesome and evil, and vowed to see to the end of the case, insisting that the full justice must be made to take prime place in the whole process.
She reiterated that the present administration takes issues of domestic violence and abuses as serious crimes, warning that no one who is found guilty of such offences would be let to walk free.
The governor’s wife expressed firm disappointment at the rising cases of violence and abuses in homes and re-echoed her long-term call for serious social reformation, beginning with a systemic approach to fighting drug use and related problems.
She added that the state government will now find the best approach to take care of her children.
