The Enugu State Police Command has officially confirmed the arraignment of a woman who accused her husband of defiling and raping their two daughters.

According to a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday, the woman, Mrs Chisom Okonkwo, had reported the matter to the police but could not prove her allegations beyond a reasonable doubt.

Ndukwe explained that during the police investigation, the couple’s elderly child, in a written statement with video evidence, told the police that their father never committed the offence he was being accused of, and that their mother had coached them to lie against their father.

“The Enugu State Police Command, on October 25, 2025, received a complaint from Okonkwo Chisom (female, aged 29), lodged at the command’s Emene Police Division, alleging that her husband, Okonkwo Ozioma, had been defiling their two daughters, aged five and three years, and threatening to kill her if she disclosed it,” Ndukwe stated.

However, investigations revealed that the allegations were false and misleading. “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.

“It further showed that, in two separate handwritten voluntary statements, their seven-year-old son 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,” Ndukwe added.

Okonkwo was arraigned before the Magistrate Court of Enugu State on a two-count charge of defamation and giving false information. The court granted her bail, and the case was adjourned for further hearing, the police spokesperson stated.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, commended the detectives of the State Intelligence Department for their thorough and impartial investigation of the case.

He reiterated the Command’s commitment to fairness, justice, and professionalism in handling all cases, warning that any complainant found to have made false or malicious allegations would be prosecuted in accordance with the law. (PUNCH)