Bings blog

 Here is the shocking story of a pregnant woman, Chinyere Sylvia Akaleme, who died after she was allegedly brutally beaten by her husband, Obinna Akaleme on the day she was due to give birth. 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 educatio