Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva, has expressed outrage following the recent murders of women by their partners in the country over alleged infidelity.
This comes after a housewife identified as Chioma Nwaka died after being set ablaze by her middle-aged husband, Obiozor Nwaka, over suspected infidelity in Anambra State.
Naija News reports that the movie star, in an interview with Punch, said that men who kill their partners for alleged infidelity should face life imprisonment.
Joke Silva stated that the law should take its course in cases of infidelity, or the man should be free to walk out of the marriage.
She said, “These men should be tried and put in jail for life because it is a capital offence. The law should take its course because it’s ridiculous. Men cheat all the time. Do they get killed? Do they get burnt? What rubbish is that? Where’s the proof that she cheated? And what about the man who she cheated with, what would happen to him? Is he supposed to go scot-free?”
“It’s so bad. Even if there’s evidence of cheating, why can’t you just carry your bag and leave? Or send the woman back to her parents? If you investigate properly, you’ll probably find that the murderer has cheated a million times, yet he’s killing his partner in one instance. The women who are dead now are people’s children and mothers too.”
On the entertainment industry’s role in addressing the killings, Silva said, “How much advocacy do you want the industry to do? One of the best forms of advocacy is enforcing sanctions for bad behaviour. This isn’t just bad behaviour; it is criminal.”