The Enugu State Police Command has arraigned a woman, Mrs. Chisom Okonkwo, before a Magistrate Court for falsely accusing her husband of defiling and raping their two young daughters, after a police investigation uncovered that she had allegedly coached the children to lie.
According to an official statement from the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday, the case began when the 29-year-old Mrs. Okonkwo lodged a formal complaint at the Emene Police Division. She alleged that her husband, Okonkwo Ozioma, had been sexually assaulting their two daughters, aged five and three, and had threatened to kill her if she revealed the crime.
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However, a thorough investigation conducted by the State Intelligence Department revealed a different and disturbing truth. “Investigations revealed that, contrary to her claims, the periods in 2024 and 2025 during which Chisom alleged the offences occurred were the same times she had travelled alone with all the children to their hometown in Imo State,” Ndukwe stated.
The case took a decisive turn with the testimony of the couple's seven-year-old son. The police spokesperson revealed that the elderly child provided “two separate handwritten voluntary statements... [and] exonerated his father and disclosed that their mother had coached him and his sisters to falsely accuse their father — a fact supported by video evidence.”
With the allegations proven to be false and misleading, Mrs. Okonkwo was arraigned on a two-count charge of defamation and giving false information to the police. The court granted her bail, and the case was adjourned for further hearing.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, commended the detectives for their impartial work and issued a stern warning. He reiterated the Command’s commitment to justice and professionalism, emphasizing that “any complainant found to have made false or malicious allegations would be prosecuted in accordance with the law.”
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