Posted on: 09:50 Fri, 27 Nov 2015



Two stolen kids that were rescued by
the Cross River State Police
Command on Thursday said they
were made s*x slaves by a herbalist,
Emmanuel Akpan-Okon, who held
them hostage for four years.

The kids, Esther Wisdom and Felicia
Destiny, both aged 11, said in the
four years that they were held
hostage, the herbalist raped them
almost every day.

Akpan-Okon (42) was arrested by the
police following a tip-off that he
specialised in the preparation of
charms for armed robbers.

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 s*x 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 s*x, but he
continued.”

Also, Wisdom said, “He has been
having s*x 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 s*x 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.”

Source: PunchNg