According to a Facebook user, Chinyere was allegedly beaten to death by her husband, Obinna Akaleme on her EDD!
She wrote:
“DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:THE UNTOLD STORY OF ENGR. CHINYERE SYLVIA AKALEME (NEE IGBO)
The menace of Domestic violence in Nigeria and it’s implications on the families of the victims.
Late Engr Sylvia
Unfortunately for Sylvia or Chinyere as she was fondly called by family
and close friends, she did not live to tell her own story. She was cut
down in her prime by the man she loved till death did them part Obinna
Akaleme, her husband. She died on the day she was due to give birth
after series of miscarriages in her husband’s house.
A brief biography of the victim
Chinyere Sylvia Akaleme (nee Igbo) was born on 27 april 1981 into the
family of Mr and Mrs Reginald Chiaka Igbo. The second child and 1st
daughter of the family with six other siblings, Sylvia was raised in a
middle-class Catholic family residing in Ajao estate, lagos where she
had her nursery, primary and secondary education. She was a very bright
pupil and her position in class never went below the top three. She
gained admission into the university of Ilorin in Kwara state where she
read electrical engineering and graduated with second class honours. She
started a career in information technology and quickly got several
professional qualifications including sisco into her academic profile.
She started her working career with Karox computers before moving on to
reliance info systems ltd where she became a product and sales manager
Sylvia at work
Her last job was with the Wini group, an Ikeja based corporation.
In 2012 she met and married Obinna Akaleme a farmer/ chef/ kitchen
assistant and thus began her journey to an untimely death in the hands
of the man she loved so much and catered for. She died on the on the
29th of march 2017 and she was committed to mother earth at the Ikoyi
cemetery on the 19th of july 2017.
Engr sylvia is survived by her
aged grandmother, her parents, siblings, uncles, aunties, nephews and
nieces. May her gentle soul rest in peace, Amen.
What Happened?
Her parents and siblings never knew Chinyere endured several years of
abuse in the hands of the man she called a husband. She assumed the role
of a typical Nigerian wife who must always display a non-existent
happiness in a marriage filled with sadness and regrets. The only clue
about what happened to her during her over five years of marriage was
the account of the neighbors who narrated how on a particular night
Obinna her husband beat her up and she ran to their landlords house for
safety. Also the little girl who lived with her revealed that Chinyere
warned her not to tell her parents that her husband used to beat her up
even while she was over eight months pregnant.sylvia and a friend at an
event
That explained the reason behind the series of miscarriages
she had before her last pregnancy which was full term. Her parents got
worried that their daughter had about four miscarriages in less than
four years decided to take her to come stay with them when she took-in
after her eight month old miscarriage. She lived peacefully with her
parents and her pregnancy advanced with Chinyere in good health and high
spirits anticipating the birth of her child. Unfortunately for her, on
her due date, Obinna, her husband came to pick her up from her father’s
house at 10 am to the hospital and as a dutiful wife she was, she obeyed
him and went with him. According to the doctor, the mother and the baby
were confirmed healthy on arrival and Doctor asked her to go get her
bag in preparation for delivery that evening. Obinna took Chinyere to
their matrimonial home. Sadly for Chinyere, he got into an argument with
her over money, beat her up so badly and left her unconscious in the
house. He left the house and switched off his phone and her phone so no
one could reach them. He left her in the house and every attempt made to
reach them was futile. He later returned and took her to the hospital
when he discovered she was dying at about 4.30pm and did not deem it fit
to contact her parents or siblings, he did this so as not to run the
risk of her coming out of coma and telling her family her ordeal at the
hands of her husband, it is also worthy to note that the hospital were
she died is less than a hundred metres from her parent’s house. Obinna
eventually came to her parents house around 8.30pm to tell them she had
passed on. Further findings from her siblings and the doctor’s
confirmation revealed that Chinyere was brought to the hospital lifeless
(practically dead). The doctor decided to do a cesarean session to try
and save the baby but it was all in vain
Sylvia’s lying in state
Sylvia’s daughter
Sylvia and her daughter laid to rest
Chinyere’s
sad story is one among millions of Nigerian women who fall victim to
sexual and emotional predators because they want to be accepted by the
society at large . They hide their ordeal from the very people that can
rescue them. Their families. Women nowadays pretend that they are in
happy marriages even when the obvious signs says otherwise. For how long
will we keep up with this trend of pretending all is well when it
obviously isn’t? Must we live a lie for societal acceptance? Let’s come
together and say no to domestic violence and spousal abuse. There are
many families like Chinyere’s who wish their children had remained
single and lived with them instead of getting married and killed by
their partners. Enough is enough!”
“Unfortunately for
Sylvia or Chinyere as she was fondly called by family and close friends,
she did not live to tell her own story. She was cut down in her prime
by the man she loved till death did them part Obinna Akaleme, her
husband. She died on the day she was due to give birth after series of
miscarriages in her husband’s house.
Chinyere Sylvia Akaleme (nee
Igbo) was born on 27 april 1981 into the family of Mr and Mrs Reginald
Chiaka Igbo. The second child and 1st daughter of the family with six
other siblings, Sylvia was raised in a middle-class Catholic family
residing in Ajao estate, lagos where she had her nursery, primary and
secondary education. She was a very bright pupil and her position in
class never went below the top three. She gained admission into the
university of Ilorin in Kwara state where she read electrical
engineering and graduated with second class honours. She started a
career in information technology and quickly got several professional
qualifications including sisco into her academic profile. She started
her working career with Karox computers before moving on to reliance
info systems ltd where she became a product and sales manager
Sylvia at work
Her last job was with the Wini group, an Ikeja based corporation.
In
2012 she met and married Obinna Akaleme a farmer/ chef/ kitchen
assistant and thus began her journey to an untimely death in the hands
of the man she loved so much and catered for. She died on the on the
29th of march 2017 and she was committed to mother earth at the Ikoyi
cemetery on the 19th of july 2017.
Engr sylvia is survived by her
aged grandmother, her parents, siblings, uncles, aunties, nephews and
nieces. May her gentle soul rest in peace, Amen.
What Happened?
Her
parents and siblings never knew Chinyere endured several years of abuse
in the hands of the man she called a husband. She assumed the role of a
typical Nigerian wife who must always display a non-existent happiness
in a marriage filled with sadness and regrets. The only clue about what
happened to her during her over five years of marriage was the account
of the neighbors who narrated how on a particular night Obinna her
husband beat her up and she ran to their landlords house for safety.
Also the little girl who lived with her revealed that Chinyere warned
her not to tell her parents that her husband used to beat her up even
while she was over eight months pregnant.
That explained the
reason behind the series of miscarriages she had before her last
pregnancy which was full term. Her parents got worried that their
daughter had about four miscarriages in less than four years decided to
take her to come stay with them when she took-in after her eight month
old miscarriage. She lived peacefully with her parents and her pregnancy
advanced with Chinyere in good health and high spirits anticipating the
birth of her child. Unfortunately for her, on her due date, Obinna, her
husband came to pick her up from her father’s house at 10 am to the
hospital and as a dutiful wife she was, she obeyed him and went with
him. According to the doctor, the mother and the baby were confirmed
healthy on arrival and Doctor asked her to go get her bag in preparation
for delivery that evening. Obinna took Chinyere to their matrimonial
home. Sadly for Chinyere, he got into an argument with her over money,
beat her up so badly and left her unconscious in the house. He left the
house and switched off his phone and her phone so no one could reach
them. He left her in the house and every attempt made to reach them was
futile. He later returned and took her to the hospital when he
discovered she was dying at about 4.30pm and did not deem it fit to
contact her parents or siblings, he did this so as not to run the risk
of her coming out of coma and telling her family her ordeal at the hands
of her husband, it is also worthy to note that the hospital were she
died is less than a hundred metres from her parent’s house. Obinna
eventually came to her parents house around 8.30pm to tell them she had
passed on. Further findings from her siblings and the doctor’s
confirmation revealed that Chinyere was brought to the hospital lifeless
(practically dead).
The doctor decided to do a cesarean session to try and save the baby but it was all in vain.
Chinyere’s
sad story is one among millions of Nigerian women who fall victim to
sexual and emotional predators because they want to be accepted by the
society at large . They hide their ordeal from the very people that can
rescue them. Their families. Women nowadays? pretend that they are in
happy marriages even when the obvious signs says otherwise. For how long
will we keep up with this trend of pretending all is well when it
obviously isn’t? Must we live a lie for societal acceptance? Let’s come
together and say no to domestic violence and spousal abuse. There are
many families like Chinyere’s who wish their children had remained
single and lived with them instead of getting married and killed by
their partners. Enough is enough