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The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the arraignment of a woman accused of fabricating claims that her husband sexually assaulted their two young daughters.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, said 29-year-old Mrs Chisom Okonkwo reported to the Emene Police Division on 25 October 2025, alleging that her husband, Okonkwo Ozioma, had been defiling their daughters, aged five and three, and threatening her life should she speak out.
However, following a detailed investigation, the police established that the allegations were false.
According to Ndukwe, the couple’s eldest child provided a written statement supported by video evidence, clearly stating that their father never committed the offences and that their mother had instructed them to lie against him. Further inquiries showed that during the periods in 2024 and 2025 when Chisom
claimed the abuse occurred, she had travelled with all the children to their hometown in Imo State—making the allegations impossible.Additionally, two separate handwritten voluntary statements from their seven-year-old son corroborated the account, revealing that their mother had coached him and his sisters to falsely implicate their father.
Mrs Okonkwo has now been arraigned before the Magistrate Court of Enugu State on a two-count charge of giving false information and defamation. She was granted bail as the matter was adjourned to a later date for continuation of hearing.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, commended the detectives of the State Intelligence Department for what he described as a thorough, impartial, and professional investigation. He reiterated that the Command remains committed to fairness and justice and warned that anyone who files false or malicious reports will face prosecution.
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