A housewife in Anambra, Ebere Okonkwo, has demanded answers from the Commissioner of Police in the state, Echen Echen, over the disappearance of her husband, Dubuem Okonkwo, in police custody.
The 28-year-old lady explained that her 48-year-old husband, who is a member of the Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria (TOAN), Awka branch, was arrested by the police on Unizik Junction Park, on March 15, 2022.
She said that the police did not state her husband’s offence but the commissioner went ahead to parade him at the state command headquarters.
Mrs Okonkwo said that her husband’s matter became complicated when she could no longer reach him after the commissioner paraded him.
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She appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari, Inspector-General of Police, IGP Alkali Baba, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Pauline Tallen and other well-meaning Nigerians to compel the commissioner to disclose her husband’s whereabouts.
The distraught wife said that the police are making her move from one formation to another in search of her husband.
“I should have the right to see him and at least hear from him. If the Police have killed him, they should let the family and at least give his body to us for burial since they feel we are nobody.
“My family has gone to the State Command Headquarters, where he was paraded and people who saw him told us that my husband was raising up his hands and asked what his offense was and why he was paraded for a crime he did not commit, but he was shouted down by some policemen on the parade ground.
“My daughter and I are on our knees begging President Buhari, IGP Usman, and other well meaning Nigerians, to prevail on the Anambra State Police command to bring our breadwinner back,” she said.