Nnewi chairman suspended over killing of wife arrested, charged with culpable homicide
The suspended Transition Committee Chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area, Hon. Mbazulike Iloka, generally known as Mba Mba, who was accused of killing his wife in a case of domestic violence gone bad, has been arrested.
News Band can authoritatively confirm that Mba Mba is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) at Awka, Anambra State, under charges of culpable homicide.
His arrest, it was gathered, was consequent upon a petition by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Monday addressed to the Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters.
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News Band had, earlier on Tuesday, reported that HURIWA dragged the suspended Nnewi North council boss to IGP Baba over issues bordering on domestic violence which reported led to the death of his wife, Chidiebere.
Mba Mba had claimed that the deceased slumped and died on the fateful day while serving him food.
Source, however, alleged that his culpability over the death of his wife is not unconnected with his routine bashing of his wife before her death.
In the petition signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA pray the Inspector-General of Police to direct the Anambra command of the police to transfer the investigation of this matter to his desk for efficient and professional investigation and further action.
Comrade Onwubiko also asked Baba to Mba Mba into custody pending the conclusion of a transparent investigation and, if found guilty, prosecute without waste of time.
While noting that HURIWA has no personal interest in the matter, he called the police chief’s attention to personally oversee the investigation of this matter so as to gain visibility and credible mileage for his offices.
He expressed belief in his capacity to determine what is good for the cause of justice in the given instance but urged him to act swiftly on this information and to reply soonest.
According to Onwubiko, the objectives of the petition are:
1. To deploy the members’ creative talents as writers to promote, protect and project the human rights of all Nigerians and other law abiding citizen’s resident within Nigeria;
2. To organize periodic seminars and training workshops locally for human capital development specifically on the tenets and ideals of Human Rights and the rule of Law;
3. To attend international workshops and seminars targeted at the promotion and protection of human rights;
4. To conduct periodic studies on ways, means strategies for promoting and protecting human rights of law abiding citizens;
5. To highlight human rights challenges confronting the persons in conflict with the law and seek for constructive modalities for redressing such violations; and
6. To recognize excellence and good governance standards in the polity through yearly award ceremonies for exceptionally good, tested and trusted leaders in both the corporate and public sectors. The process of selection would be transparent mass participation strategies.
Police sources said they had commenced investigations into the matter. Continue reading
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