How My Wife Was Burnt Alive Due To Politics In Abia State

Sadness was the theme of the day at the Orioha family of Umuezeagu, Nsulu, Isiala Ngwa North Council Area of Abia State on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. On this day, a 36-year-old wife and mother of four, Mrs. Amaechi Orioha, was burnt to death by political thugs while she was in her office at Okpuala, the headquarters of Isiala Ngwa North Council.

It was a normal day for the family who went about their businesses. It was also the same day the Abia State Chapter of  PDP held primary election to select chairmanship candidates ahead of next month’s Local Government elections. Mrs. Orioha’s, 51- year- old husband and farmer, Mr. Emmanuel Orioha and his four children, two boys and two girls were dealt with the horrible news when they learnt that their mother and wife was trapped in the office of the Chairman of the council where she worked as a clerical officer and was set on fire by political thugs.

He was in tears as he narrated the sad and painful incident to CrimeAlert. He said:

“On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at about 11.30 am, I was in my house resting after returning from the farm. I got a call from my senior brother, Ugonna, who told me to urgently proceed to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, that my wife was involved in fire outbreak in her office. When I got to Umuahia, I saw my wife at the emergency ward and I could not recognize her because of the degree of burns she sustained. I told them this is not my wife. The doctors who were doing everything possible to save her life told me to call her as she was still managing to speak. I called her and she responded. I lost control; it was like the end of the world for me.
After trying their best, the doctors referred us to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, where the doctors told me in confidence that the chance of her survival was 50-50 because of the level of injuries she sustained. Before then, I asked her if she recognized the people that set the office on fire. She mentioned three persons, all of them natives of Isiala Ngwa North. She said that three boys came to the chairman’s office with petrol and one of their colleagues confronted them, they said that the Transition Committee chairman asked them to buy it for his generator. ”

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He explained that his wife told him on her death bed that she had pleaded with the youths to allow her escape but they refused and pushed her back into the inferno. He brandished one-paragraph letter of threat that was allegedly sent to Ugonna. The letter which reads “Ugonna Orioha, choose to close your mouth or we shall come for you” has been submitted to the police.