In order to investigate the death of Mrs. Chidiebere Iloka, the wife of the temporarily suspended Transition Committee Chairman (TCC) of Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Governor Charles Soludo has assembled a team of pathologists and other relevant experts.
Due to the passing of his wife, Soludo had suspended Mbazulike Iloka, the chairman of the transition committee for Nnewi North LGA, on August 12.
On August 7, Mrs. Iloka was reported to have collapsed and passed away, but it was claimed that she had been the victim of domestic abuse.
Both Mrs. Iloka's family and the state government recruited a team of pathologists to determine the precise cause of her demise.
“So many unconfirmed reports were flying around as regards the cause of her death, which led to suspension of the husband, Mr Mbazulike Iloka as the Transition Committee Chairman of the LGA,” Dr Afam Obidike, the state’s Commissioner for Health said at a meeting with a team of Pathologists and concerned parties at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, where the body of the deceased was deposited on Wednesday.
Obidike said that Gov. Soludo was very serious about the outcome of the autopsy, as he wanted a process that would be very transparent and the truth made open.
“Government is determined to know the cause of her death. Therefore, the governor ordered the constitution of the investigative panel.
“The panel comprised professors and a team of histopathologists from within and outside the state for fairness and equity.
“The family of the deceased, the family of the husband of the deceased, the Commissioner of Police, Anambra state government and Nzukora Nnewi were duly represented,” he said.
The Commissioner, who is also part of the team conducting the autopsy, appealed to the Pathologists to do their best to ensure parties involved in the matter were satisfied.
According to him, an autopsy is not for the dead but for the living to learn.
Also speaking, Mrs Ify Obinabo, state’s Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, said the result of the autopsy would bring to an end all the rumours flying around in the media.
Obinabo said that the wife of the governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo was also interested in the result of the autopsy.
The commissioner urged women in the state to remain calm and allow the government and the law to take its cause.
The lead Pathologist, who is representing Anambra state government, Dr Gerald Forae, from the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, promised that the autopsy result would be within two to six weeks.
He explained that the result would pass through the right process and would be submitted to the state government through the Attorney-General of the state.