Policeman Brutalises Daughter Over Witchcraft In Akwa Ibom

police sergeant from Ibiaku
community, Mkpat Enin Local
Government Area of Akwa Ibom
State, Mr. Ita Ayamba, has allegedly
brutalised and abandoned his eight-
year-old daughter, Goodness
Ayamba over her refusal to confess
to witchcraft.
Ita was said to have paraded the
little girl along the village streets
Unclad, declaring that Goodness was
responsible for his retrogression in
the Police Force.
A source and relative of Ita, told our
correspondent in Eket on Saturday,
on the condition of anonymity,
that the police sergeant tortured his
daughter for several hours in an
attempt to extract a confession of
being a witch from her.
He said, “When he discovered that
Goodness had passed out, Ita
abandoned her, having hit her chest
with the butt of his AK 47 Rifle.
“None of us could go close to Ita to
rescue Goodness as he had
threatened to shoot anyone that
dared.
“I don’t see how a child of that age
could become a clog in the wheel of
her father’s progress in the Police
Force. We need to tell each other the
truth. Progress in one’s career
depends on the efforts one has
made academically.”
PUNCH Metro gathered that Ita had
divorced Goodness’ mother some
years back. He was said to have
remarried almost immediately,
leaving three children including
Goodness with their grandmother.
A resident of the area, Okon Ekong,
said that on July 28, 2013 when the
children were on holiday, Ita had
requested custody of them. He was
said to be at his new station in Port
Harcourt, Rivers State, at the time.
Ita’s former wife, Mrs. Anietie
Ayamba, allegedly heeded his
request and took the children to
him. Ekong said that the children’s
stepmother made life miserable for
them.
He said, “It was during their stay in
Port Hracourt, that their stepmother
took the children to a Pentecostal
church. Goodness was accused of
witchcraft at the church. Her
stepmother was told that Goodness
was the person responsible for their
father’s non-rising profile in the
force.
“The father who was also in the
church began to beat and kick
Goodness in a bid to extract a
confession about her witchcraft.”
When PUNCH Metro visited
Immanuel Hospital, Eket, Eket LGA,
on Saturday, where Goodness was
taken to for medical attention, it was
gathered that she had been
admitted at the intensive care unit of
the children’s ward.
Nurses at the hospital said
Goodness’ condition was stable but
that her bones and chest cavity had
been badly damaged.
A group of women lawyers under
the aegis of Federation of
International Women Lawyers have
said that they would do everything
within their power to ensure that Ita
was brought to justice.
The state director of the
organisation, Mrs. Mary Udonsek,
stated that the women would not
continue to sit back and allow men
maltreat their children on the guise
of labelling them witches.
Ita, said to be working at Trans
Amadi Police Station, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State had allegedly not been
to Ibiaku, Mkpat Enin LGA since the
incident.
The state Police Public Relations
Officer, Mr. Etim Dickson, said the
Rivers State Police Command would
be contacted about the matter.
He said, “Messages have been sent
across to police area commands in
Oron and Ikot Ekpene so that Ita will
not have any place to hide once he
is in the state.”
http://www.punchng.com/metro/
policeman-brutalises-eight-year-old-
daughter-over-witchcraft/
http://www.nigerianeye.com/2013/10/
policeman-brutalises-eight-year-old.html?
m=1

Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.10