A rape survivor advocate, Anthonia Ojenagbon, and friends of a woman named Ogochukwu Anene from Umuokpu village, in Awka, Anambra State, are seeking justice for her sudden death.
The deceased was reportedly beaten to death by her husband in their residence over a loaf of bread.
Sharing a photo of Anene who was the senior prefect of Amenyi Girls Secondary School 2000 set, on her Facebook page, Ojenagbon narrated what lead to her death.
“This is ADA Awka by name Ogochukwu Anene from Umuokpu village Awka.
“She was married to one Mr Ndubisi Wilson Uwadiegwu from Enugu State who beat her to death and is planning to bury her without informing her people properly.
“Ogo was blessed with five children, 4 boys and a girl.
“The first son who is 14 years of age said that their father used mirror 🪞 and beat their mom because their mom asked him to buy bread 🍞 for them and he said he had no money.
“So when their mom used her money and got one loaf of bread, the father went to the kitchen and finished the whole bread and when asked him why he finished the whole bread without keeping any for the children, he started beating her leading to her death.😭
“Ogochukwu Anene was the senior prefect of Amenyi girls second school 2000 set. Please share this post to reach those that can help the family get justice coz Wilson is acting as if nothing happened.😭😭
“Please Ndi Awka umunnem. Old girls association of GSSA. OGOCHUKWU needs justice 🙏”
In another post, Ojenagbon said “she has spoken to the village head in Lagos and the lawyer representing her family.
“It actually happened exactly the way the story was narrated as confirmed by the lawyer😭😭😭.
“The lawyer agreed to speak to Punch. Hopefully the story will be in punch tomorrow.
“Ogochukwu Anene was beaten to de.ath by horseband 😪. She left behind 5 children.”
Another Facebook user, Akata Victor who knows Anene said her death hits home.
According to Victor, the lesson he learnt from what happened is that we shouldn’t manage a man who beat you.
He wrote: “It hits home. And I can’t say so much.
“Sometimes when I scream, I hear some whispers from close quarters reminding me that I’m blowing things out of proportion.
“Hopefully, my relatives in Umuokpu will fight back, fiercely. Cos I can bet that they won’t take this lying low.
“The lesson is, don’t manage a man who beat you. Don’t pray for a man who slap you.
“Don’t live with a man who threaten your life.
“The day he may keel you, it may be because you took a breathe and he wasn’t happy with that.
“May your beautiful soul rest, Ogochukwu Anene. Just because of bread, you paid with your life. Now your children will have to forge ahead without you. So sad.
“Yours,
AV”
Reports of Anene’s sudden passing has sparked reactions on social media pages.
A netizen, Lukman Balogun, said: “How can you beat your wife to death over a loaf of bread ? Maybe the man na lunatic.”
“Some Men get provoke at every little things in their home especially with their wives, but laugh like mumu,ode with their side 🐥 chic, even if the side 🐥 chic insult or slap him across his face 👀,” Another netizen, Esther Esse Umar reacted to the news.
In the same vein, Muna Saphire blamed the husband’s action on lack of money.
“When men are broke they become more violent, some will blame their broke life on their wife and transfer their aggression on them…may the soul of the dead rest in peace ..my heart goes out to her kids,” he wrote.
Celmax blamed the man’s action on familiarity with wife and desiring other people.
In his own words: “Such a pretty soul. Hard to believe that at some point in her life, this same man will trek 10 kilometres just to see her smile and hold her hand.
“Back then, he would NEVER even think of hurting her talk less of beating her. And now this. What changed? It is familiarity with wife and desiring other people.
“Wise men will understand— if you have eyes outside, the one inside will begin to annoy you at the slightest opportunity and if you are a bully, well, this kind of shit happens.
“I have found that if you have no other house but one, you will maintain and treat it properly. But if you think there are better options of houses available, you will treat your current house shabbily.
“A wife is like that house. If you have no option and she is all you’ve got, you will cherish her and she will return the love accordingly as women respond to love like that.
“Likely there is a woman somewhere that he thinks possesses the Pareto Principle 20% that his wife is lacking and he thinks the outside woman is 100% complete because he has not started living with her.
“For some foolish people or sheep, the grass is always greener on the other side— until you start living on that other side and find that the grass is not as green and worse, that every grass has loads of shit hidden beneath all that greenery.
“No matter how lush and green it is, every grass has shit because sheep or in this case, people, they always shit. And you can’t see the shit in the other woman’s grass from afar.
“So you think it is all perfumes and roses because she is on her best look and behaviour when you meet for your adultery trysts, until you start living there and start dealing with her even worse shit, because any woman that will knowingly cause another pain by partaking with her foolish husband in adultery, you can bet her shit is the worst.
“All grass has shit, even yours. RIP to the madam. May her kids find comfort somehow in all of this chaos.”