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DOHS Cares for Vulnerable Women and Children Foundation has issued a formal public notice and cease-and-desist notice against Emmanuel Onyekachi, a Tech Consultant, for “ongoing intimidation, telephone harassment, physical harassment, and threats against the organisation and its first responders.”
According to the official statement, Emmanuel is an abusive husband who had subjected his wife to a series of acts of domestic violence since the beginning of their marriage. The abuse heightened when he locked his wife outside their home in July 2026.
“Seeking safety, she took refuge at the residence of a friend who serves as a volunteer and GBV responder for our organisation to secure intervention and protective support,” the report reads.
Following legal procedures, the organisation, alongside the wife, reported the case to seek protection and intervention at the New Karu Area Command of the Nigeria Police Force in Nasarawa State. However, no protective measures or law enforcement actions were taken. Consequently, the wife had to return to her matrimonial home under vulnerable circumstances.
In reaction to DOHS’s intervention in the case, Emmanuel was reported to have engaged in a series of aggressive behaviour, targeted phone calls, and explicit threats directed at the organisation and its staff. In a voice note sent to Naija Feminists Media by DOHS Cares Foundation, Mr Emmanuel was heard saying,
“Animal rights activist, I don’t see NGO people as serious; go and make your husband a model of a family and we will come and learn,” he continued with derogatory remarks “You are fooling yourself; the day I will contest for politics. You did not see it is criminals that are leading Nigeria.”
Subsequently, the DOHS Cares Foundation insists that,
“Mr Emmanuel Onyekachi Nwaozuzu must immediately CEASE AND DESIST all communications, unsolicited phone calls, verbal threats, and acts of harassment against DOHS CARES FOUNDATION, its executives, staff, and volunteers. Continued harassment, coercion, or intimidation will be treated as an explicit threat to life and safety and will be met with full civil and criminal legal action under applicable state and federal laws.”
Following the cease and desist, the Foundation noted that Mr Emmanuel, as well as his lawyer, has attempted to pressure the organisation to pull down the cease and desist notice. Mr Emmanuel repeatedly claims the issue is “a family matter,” and that the Foundation does not have the consent to share details publicly. In regard to Mr Emmanuel Nwaozuzu’s spouse, the Foundation noted that she was found battered during a subsequent check-up at her residence.
Speaking to Naija Feminists Media on the challenges women’s rights organisations face in protecting survivors of domestic violence, their organisation and staff from the wrath of perpetrators, the CEO of DOHS Cares organisation, Ololade Ajayi, attributed it to a lack of effective law enforcement.
“Why didn’t the police arrest the perpetrator?” she said. “Now, he’s a threat to our job.”
