Widow Of Slain Human Rights Activist Alleges Plan To Release Husband’s Killers

Nsukka – One year after the gruesome killing of a human
rights activist and social crusader Late Chief Christopher
Ejike Onah at the University town of Nsukka, the alleged
killers are yet to be arraigned in court.

Speaking to Crime Guard the widow of the human rights
activist, Mrs. Angela Uche Onah expressed surprise that
barely one year of hacking her husband to death in front of his
compound at Agbani Nsukka, Enugu State, the alleged killers
were yet to be tried.

Mrs. Onah explained that six suspects were arrested and
questioned by the police in connection with the killing of her
husband and the matter was later transferred toDirectorate of
Public Prosecution (DPP), but up till now nothing has been
heard from the DPP about the matter.

The widow expressed satisfaction with the police investigation
which led to the arrest of the six suspects now awaiting
trial,noting that some other alleged killers of her husband are
still at large, and appealed to Nigeria police to put more
efforts to track the fleeing killers of her husband to face the
wrath of law.

In her words: "life has been so difficult for me and the
children since the head of the family was killed on February
4,2013.Payment of the children's school fees and other
domestic necessities pose a big challenge, but our major
worry is the non trial of the six suspects in prison custody in
the law court. I cannot be at rest till the six suspects were tried
in connection with the killing of my husband that rendered me
a widow. History would never forgive those who conspired
and killed my beloved husband Ejike," she lamented.

The widow cried that there were allegedly an under- ground
plan to release the six suspects from prison custody without
trial, and she challenged Enugu DPP to arraign the six
suspects in court as soon as possible.

Crime Guard gathered that the six suspects may be granted
bail this month without due process of law in a murder case
of that magnitude. The names of the six suspects include
Anthony Agu, Uche Onyishi, Onyebuchi Agu and Sabastine
Ugwuroko. Others are Chikodili Onah and Okwuchukwu
Agu.

Mrs. Onah while crying for total dispensation of justice in the
gruesome killing of her husband called on the federal and
state governments together with civil liberty organizations and
other human rights crusaders to come to the aid of the
bereaved family to ensure that justice would be obtained in
court in connection with the killing of her husband.

"I am appealing that the six suspects should not as a matter of
necessity be granted bail without fair trial ", she cried.

Via: Vanguard