{"id":41141,"date":"2022-08-30T14:36:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T14:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=41141"},"modified":"2022-08-30T14:36:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T14:36:06","slug":"ikpeazus-wife-rescues-widow-attacked-for-alleged-witchcraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/30\/ikpeazus-wife-rescues-widow-attacked-for-alleged-witchcraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikpeazu\u2019s wife rescues widow attacked for alleged witchcraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wife of Abia Gov., Nkechi Ikpeazu, has rescued a widow, Amarachi Okechi, who was brutally assaulted at Umueghu Amaegbuato Community for alleged witchcraft.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Press Secretary to Ikpeazu, Chika Ojiegbe, disclosed this on Monday while addressing newsmen in Umuahia on the ugly development.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that Okechi was allegedly flogged repeatedly and held hostage for several days after being accused of being a witch by her husband\u2019s relatives.<\/p>\n<p>Ojiegbe said: \u201cWhen the First Lady heard about it on Sunday night, she immediately swung into action to rescue the woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral stakeholders were involved in rescuing her alive, which is the first action that needed to be taken and this has been done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, the woman has been taken to an undisclosed public hospital for treatment. The next stage will be to address the issues surrounding the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe case will be closely monitored,\u201d he said, adding that Ikpeazu would foot the bill for her medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Ojiegbe said the rescue team included officials from the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/08\/wardc-trains-female-traditional-rulers-market-leaders-to-tackle-gender-based-violence\/\"> Gender-Based Violence<\/a> Resource Centre, Office of the Wife of the Gov. He described the allegations of witchcraft as strange to the laws of the land.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, what is known to law is that no one can take the law into their hands to execute jungle justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case, the law will take its course. Ikpeazu will continue to work to prevent and mitigate such violence against humans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe will also continue to sensitise the people against such harmful traditional practices, especially in rural communities,\u201d Ojiegbe said.<\/p>\n<p>He further said that such incidents were not acceptable in the state. He said that the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law had been domesticated and implemented in Abia.<\/p>\n<p>Ojiegbe also said that efforts were being made for the House of Assembly to domesticate the Obnoxious Widowhood Practices Prohibition Bill, Equal Opportunities Bill, Child Rights Bill, Disability Bill, and many other rights bills.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, said that the matter had been brought to the command.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbonna said that the command had commenced a full investigation into it but no arrest had yet been made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wife of Abia Gov., Nkechi Ikpeazu, has rescued a widow, Amarachi Okechi, who was brutally assaulted at Umueghu Amaegbuato Community for alleged witchcraft. The Chief Press Secretary to Ikpeazu, Chika Ojiegbe, disclosed this on Monday while addressing newsmen in Umuahia on the ugly development. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that Okechi was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":19061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[605,7407,7406],"class_list":["post-41141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","tag-abia-state","tag-amarachi-okechi","tag-nkechi-ikpeazu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ikpeazu\u2019s wife rescues widow attacked for alleged witchcraft &#187; BROAD NEWS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=41141\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ikpeazu\u2019s wife rescues widow attacked for alleged witchcraft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Wife of Abia Gov., Nkechi Ikpeazu, has rescued a widow, Amarachi Okechi, who was brutally assaulted at Umueghu Amaegbuato Community for alleged witchcraft. 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