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 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.” For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - https://twitter.com/Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
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Posted: at 27-11-2015 05:50 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
waffibabe at 27-11-2015 06:07 AM (9 years ago) (f)
They should hang h immediately
Posted: at 27-11-2015 06:07 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
i dnt knw why some people normaly behave like aminal' i dnt knw he wil be feeling when he was on them. some men were just useless and dnt hav any human feeling.
Posted: at 27-11-2015 06:18 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
"you have a daughter also and will not like if she's been treated the same way" Are you serious?? If i have my ways,,i will slice that Man's peen into pieces with a razor..damn bloody psychopath
Posted: at 27-11-2015 06:20 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Dis man shld be castrated. Haba!!! d children parent tell u say dem no fit take care of their children. Intact they shld hang him b4 they do dat. they let him take d police and d children to where he steal them from. Useless man
Posted: at 27-11-2015 06:53 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
zezprincess at 27-11-2015 08:14 AM (9 years ago) (f)
Unimaginable!!!,You abducted them precisely when they are 7yrs old cos according to one of them,she said that she has stayed with you for four years now,My goodness,you've been forcibly phyuking &molesting such little girls that time?But let me ask,Don't this herbalist has neigbours living around?Didn't they notice these acts?Anyway,he is an ephidophile&child rapist,if properly check,he should be a northener,The correct judgement upon him is death by hanging cos if he is to be send to prison,he might lobby his way out,trust naija police.
Posted: at 27-11-2015 08:14 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
ngfineface at 27-11-2015 09:02 AM (9 years ago) (f)
I hate to think that this evil man has been having sex with the girls since age 7. Since the state government has failed in this area, can GMB please stop probing and do something about child segxwal molestation? After all its not like he is even probing and getting our monies, just exposing them and freeing them so let him use that power to deal with abuse.
Posted: at 27-11-2015 09:02 AM (9 years ago) | Hero