Award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, has clarified that she is not related to a 40-year-old lady, Nkiru Okoye, murdered in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Adichie, who sympathised with the victim’s family, said the 40-year-old woman is not her relations as reported by some online newspapers (not The New Diplomat)
It was reported that the 40-year-old lady who hails from Njikoka local government area and mother of five, was killed without any cause.
It was learnt that the deceased, a wife of a mechanical engineer, Emenike Okoye, was beaten to death by her brother-in-law, George Okoye, over the ownership of a disputed landed property.
The suspect, who is currently in police custody, was said to have invaded the home of the victim, alongside some of his immediate family members, and attacked Emenike and his wife.
However, reacting in a statement, Chimamanda’s team said the “lady in the story is neither Chimamanda’s sister nor a relative”.
“Chimamanda is very shaken by this incorrect news and is disappointed at the unprofessionalism displayed by The Frontier, both with the first false post and the inaccurate rejoinder,” said Omawumi Ogbe, a member of Chimamanda’s communications team.
“We send our sympathy to the family of the murdered lady,” Ogbe added.
