Two ‘stolen’ kids, Esther Wisdom and Felicia Destiny,
both aged 11that were rescued by the Cross River State Police Command on
Thursday, from a herbalist, Emmanuel Akpan-Okon,42, who held them hostage for
four years and made sex slaves by
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Henry Fadairo,
said the rescued kids were abducted from their parents separately from Onitsha,
Anambra State, and Auchi, Edo State.
He said, “On November 16, 2015, we raided one Emmanuel
Akpan’s home in Akamkpa, in the Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River
State, based on a tip-off. We gathered he was into the preparation of charms
for armed robbers and treatment of criminals with bullet wounds.
“During the raid, we saw two little girls in his
house. One is Esther Wisdom and the other, Felicia Destiny. They are both 11
years. On enquiry, we found out that they were abducted four years ago. Wisdom
was stolen from Onitsha while Destiny was stolen from Auchi.
“We are making efforts to see how we can locate their
parents. The victims claimed that he had been having regular sex with them.”
Destiny said she was in primary four when she was
abducted, adding that the herbalist had raped her many times.
She said, “I was in primary four when he took me away
from my home. I remember that my mother lost her sister and when she was going
for the burial, she told the man, who was a commercial motorcycle rider, to
bring me to her village. That was how I found myself living with him. I used to
tell him that I did not like sex, but he continued.”
Also, Wisdom said, “He has been having sex with us
regularly. He gives us food to eat and promises that one day he will take us
back to our mothers.”
Akpan-Okon, who is from Akwa Ibom State, said he
abducted the girls because their mothers could not cater for them.
He said, “While staying in the same compound with
Wisdom’s mother at Onitsha, I observed that she had problems bringing up her
nine children. This girl, Wisdom, was always with me when I was staying in
their compound. So, when I wanted to leave Onitsha, I took her with me without
telling her mother.
“When I left Onitsha with her, I went to Auchi, and
was riding a commercial motorcycle as a means of livelihood. Where I stayed in
Auchi, Destiny was always coming to play with Esther. I also noticed that
Destiny’s mother had many children. So, when I wanted to leave the town, I took
her along.
“I had sex with them and I know it is bad in the sight
of God. I have a girl child who is with the mother. I will not be happy if she
is treated this way.”
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