The sudden death of the Nigerian-American business woman and Chief Executive Officer of Vintage Café, Wuse, Abuja, the late Mrs. Sofia Ohaekelem, did not only come as a surprise but for the shocking and overwhelming report linking her husband as the principal suspect and the killer of the successful entrepreneur.
Mr. Hyginus Odinaka Ohaekelem, who is yet to recover from the double tragedies and shocks as he mourns his wife of four years and mother of his two sons, is also faced with the additional encounter of answering questions over the death of his wife to prove his innocence.
Is the death of Mrs. Sofia Ohaekelem a natural one? Was a crime of culpable homicide established against her husband, Hyginus Odinaka Ohaekelem? Only Police investigations could answer these questions and more.
The husband of the deceased business woman however revealed to the police during the Investigation that his journey to innocence started on October 7, 2021 when he voluntarily reported at the Criminal Investigations Department of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on invitation to answer to petition against him – that he killed his wife with food poison.
He commended the three months rigorous and discrete investigations conducted by the Police, and the professionalism displayed by the investigating officers. He said that everyone that could be linked to the case was invited and examined and the American embassy was part of the process throughout the period of investigations.
Indications from Police investigations into the case clearly uncovered the cause of death and have since exonerated Hyginus Odinaka Ohaekelem of the allegation of having killed his wife.
The Police have also released the remains of the late entrepreneur to her husband for burial.
Now that his innocence has been established, would he press charges against his accusers? Mr. Odinaka said, there are persons indicted in the investigations so far that are nowhere to be found. He said he trust that the Police would intensify efforts to arrest these persons and bring the investigations to a logical conclusion.
He further thanked God for saving him and exonerating him from the grievous allegations against him. He gave account of how the sudden death of his beloved wife would remain indelible in his mind. He said that it is difficult to bid Sofia, his beloved wife, good bye.
