Woman Dismembered, Burnt to Death for Demanding Her Inheritance

Woman Dismembered, Burnt to Death for Demanding Her Inheritance

Family Discourse

A 35-year-old woman identified as Nnenaya Onu is reported to have been dismembered and burnt to death for demanding her inheritance of her father’s estate.

This comes after her only brother died in mysterious circumstances, her mother said.

The National Human Right Commission, NHRC is demanding justice for the deceased who was allegedly stripped naked, beaten, dismembered, and burnt behind her father’s house.

The incident reportedly occurred in Ebonyi State when the victim’s mother travelled to be with one of her other daughters named Juliet Onu, who is married.

The suspects took advantage of the situation and attacked Onu who lives alone in her father’s house.

NHRC reports that her burnt remains were found behind her father’s house at Onicha Igbeze of Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on the 23rd of December 2021.

Nnenaya’s mother complained that she one has been arrested in connection to the murder as she had no money to pursue the case.

Speaking with Vanguard, NHRC state coordinator said that, “She was murdered in cold blood, her leg chopped off and her whole belongings heaped on her while she was burnt beyond recognition. 

“All these happened behind her father’s house at Onicha Igbeze of Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. 

“Her offence is that she insisted on demanding her father’s inheritance as a woman. She was not married but lived in her late father’s house at Onicha Igbeze. 

“Her only brother died years ago under mysterious circumstances according to the old mother. She has a surviving sister, Juliet Onu, who is married. 

“Her old agonizing mother points at her cousins as the suspects of this atrocity due to their (the said Cousins) numerous threats to her life before she was eventually murdered, dismembered, and burnt. 

“Her killers forbade any person from the village from talking about the incident nor even sharing the photo of her burnt carcass either on social media or otherwise. 

“Her poor mother wants justice but has no money to sponsor police investigations and arrests.”

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