Woman cries out as police declares son wanted over IPOB

By John Okafor, Awka

A middle-aged man, Okafor Chisom Stanley from Umuezeigbo kindred, Nkono Village, in Ekwulobia town, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State has called on human rights organisation to come to his aid after he was declared wanted by the police.

The police had declared Stanley and fifteen others wanted over their alleged membership of the outlawed indigenous people of Biafra,IPOB.

However, speaking to our correspondent through his mother, Mrs Celina Okafor, Stanley denied being a member of the IPOB.

Mrs Okafor said her husband’s brothers framed Stanley up in order to have their way in taking over some parcels of land belonging to her family.

She also said that her husband’s brothers have been tormenting and fighting his husband and four children, Stressing that “they want to take over all my husband’s properties, despite that I have four children, two ladies and two men, whom the second son happened to be Stanley.

“They started fighting us right from when I gave birth to my first son, not knowing that they were not happy that I born a son for my husband, they were really a turn in the flesh for me and my family, since then they were looking for a way to take my son’s life.

“Surprisingly, they had their way in bribing the vigilante group and my son was named as one of the IPOB members. Their plans is to ensure that he is incarcerated for life if not killed.

“Precisely on the 19th day of September 2023 a truck loads of security agencies stormed our house in the dead of the night looking for my second son Stanley, they brought down the entrance doors to our house with out hesitation, it was indeed a hellish experience that sent my husband to his grave due to the shock of the invading our house, which caused him heart failure.

“In fact I passed out also owing to the manner they carried out the raid, it was few hours later that I regained consciousness to discovered that my husband is dead. My husband died because of this wicked act.

“But my saving grace was that my second son Stanley travelled to Enugu with his wife and child that evening to see his friend, it was from there that he went into hiding and I have not set my eyes on him again since then.”

She also lamented that a few days later it was all over the news that my son was declared wanted by security agencies for being IPOB leader.

“My son is not a member of IPOB, he is not into any form of criminal activity. I’m begging the police to lift the arrest order placed on him.

This is all about family dispute, it’s all about my husband’s brothers fighting to take over all our properties,” the widow cried out.