Photo : Herbalist Kidnaps 2 Underage Girls, Turns Them Into S - ex Slaves In Cross River State

….. Suspect Says Mother Of Girls Have Too Many Children
2 stolen kids that were rescued by the Cross River State Police
Command on Thursday said they were made sex 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.
42-year-old Akpan-Okon 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 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.”