…as wife needs 2 goats to appease the gods, or risks banishment
Daniel Anokwuru
A 42-year-old man, Mr. Michael Eze, who was accused of allegedly raping, impregnating and aborting the pregnancy of his 14-year-old daughter, has again been fingered for conniving with his kinsmen to banish his wife for exposing his evil act.
Mrs. Grace Eze had reported how her husband raped their 14-year-old daughter (Name withheld), and the said rape led to their daughter’s pregnancy. The pregnancy was aborted at the instance of Mrs. Eze’s husband in a bid to cover-up his iniquitous acts.
When Mrs. Grace Eze found out about the crime her husband had committed, especially in view of the sensitive nature as it involved the rape of a minor, it became imperative for detailed investigation, especially medical investigations, in a bid to ensure that the victim was free from any medical conditions; and indeed that the culprit faces the law for the embarrassment he had brought to his family and entire Deltans.
Mrs. Eze first reported the matter to her husband relatives and Behind Bars Human Rights Foundation reported to the Police, in fulfillment of their constitutional duty to report the suspected commission of crimes, and in a bid to secure professional guidance for a detailed medical investigation of her daughter’s health and emotional status.
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Eze was arraigned in Charge sheet No. Omc/125/2019, in the Chief Magistrate Court of Delta State in Okwe Magisterial District, on one count charge.
The Charge Sheet read: “That you Michael Eze M, sometimes in 2010, at Okwe in the Okwe Magisterial District, did unlawfully had canal knowledge of one Chidimma, (Other names withheld by us), F, without her consent and thereby committed an offence punishable Under Section 218 of the Criminal Code Law Cap C.21 Vol 1. Laws of Delta State of Nigeria, 2006.
It was reported that the suspect is still in prison custody when some community leaders recently summoned Mrs. Grace Eze and gave her a list of items to compulsorily provide to “cleanse the land” because she reported her husband to the human rights and sought help for her daughter. Mrs. Grace Eze was further threatened that if she failed to comply with the directives of the said community leaders that she will be banished from the community and severely dealt with.
The list of items needed to clean the land handed over to Mrs. Eze, and made available to our reporter noted: “Ikpu- Alu, one small He-goat, palm frond to be used to cleanse the land of Okwe by someone from Nri. Ilo Ani Okwe, one big she goat, one big hen, one carton of beer, six bottles of small stout, six bottles of mineral, six bottles of malt, 2 kola nuts, one bottle of hot drink, the sum of N 10,000, three native chalks, four Tubers of yam, N 1000 condiments.
Meanwhile, the Behind Bars Initiative has petitioned the Executive Governor of Delta State, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Hon. Barrister Peter Mrakpor, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Delta State, and His Royal Majesty Emmaunel Efeizomo II Chairman Delta State Council of Traditional Rulers, calling on them to ensure that justice is done on the matter.