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Friday 10 October 2014

Relatives torture two children over alleged witchcraft in Akwa Ibom

The Nigerian government need to get involved and start arresting people who torture children for allegedly being witches. This is so wrong. Two 8 year old children named Mary Odiong and Ekong Asua (pictured above) were tortured and sent out of their homes in the Okobo LGA of Akwa Ibom State on the allegation of witchcraft.

According to Punch, the little girl said her relatives came after her after one of her uncles died from AIDS. They blamed her for infecting him with the disease. That's so silly!
"The people in my family called me and started asking me questions whether I was a witch and why I killed my uncle. I told them that I did not know anything about what they were talking about. They started beating me. They hit me with cutlasses. They cut my buttocks with knives. After the beating became too much, I lost consciousness. Later, I woke up to find myself in a bush. I have been living on the streets since last month without food and shelter.” the girl told a Punch correspondent. 
The other victim said he was blamed for his parents death.
"My uncles told me that they went somewhere to find out why my parents died. They said they were told that I killed both of them through witchcraft. They tied my hands and started beating me up with native sugarcane and asked me to confess. When I insisted that I knew nothing about the death of my parents, they took me to a bush, where I met Odiong. Both of us have been living on the streets since then,” he said.
Can't the Akwa Ibom state government do something to stop this injustice?

74 comments:

Unknown said...

it must alwayz b AKS

obietrezy said...

Na wao for this people, this children no small for una eyes?

obietrezy said...

This is wickedness oh.

@MEETD®EALEVANS™ said...

Been crious, the government shud do something... Been humorious, witches united...

Anonymous said...

Lol, how sure are they? Twitter/@dj_smartt

BONARIO NNAGS said...

OMG! Akwa Ibom people and this their erroneous belief.
When parents fail in their responsibilities, they blame poor innocent children for their misfortunes.
Many children have been labeled witch there and some killed in the process.
The government of that sate must be proactive in tackling this issue.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Unknown said...

Welcome back Lindy

Anonymous said...

This is a total stupidity from parent who beating them up.

Unknown said...

Chaii...wonders shall neva end

Anonymous said...

linda welcome back, dont wanna knw what happened but at leastit didnt beat you...

Anonymous said...

What kind of rubbisb is this Akwa Ibom all the time, what kind of people do we have as human beings now adays

Alloy Chikezie said...

How cruel! Wondering when Nigerians and Africans will be liberated from believes like this.


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Unknown said...

Nawaa for some family.......so if really de are witches, can't de help dem get delivered? Tufia!

Anonymous said...

This is so serious, may God hv mercy (eleyele1@yahoo.com)

fancier said...

Nawa oh. They should question their uncles abeg, they know what's going on. Y torture innocent kids like animals. Mtcheww

Joy Adeniyi said...

Instead of torturing and throwing this girls out, if they are witches indeed then their family should take them for deliverance na. Abi? There is no better option

Cynthia Iyede said...

Haba! That's gruesome

Cynthia Iyede said...

Welcome back aunti mi. Miss u loads.

Anonymous said...

my god what kind of wickedness is this. They are thousands of people out there looking for fruit of the womb, and others treat children like this. May God help us all.

Anonymous said...

Wickedness i think there is something mischievous in this

Modupe

#king said...

Can u imagine..wat is wrong wit pple..wtf.................................#KingOfKings

Bonita Bislam said...

At this age and time people are this naïve?People will always attatch spiritual connotation to every act.Does that mean natural deaths have become extinct in our society? I weep for our ignorance!

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Debbie Chelsea said...

Just imagine...lindodo d people beatin d Children are d witches dem selves...mtcheeeeew

Okoro said...

Well said...the government needs to get involved..

Anonymous said...

maybe the govt are in support thats why nothing has been done.

Anonymous said...

Air force chiefs in action. There are real cases of witchcraft though.

Unknown said...

Nawa oo,God hve mercy!

Anonymous said...

is too bad dat Nigerians like abusing children if it in abroad no one trys dat,d government have to help d children..Goldensarah9@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

This is mean. This acts is just too barbaric and should be stopped ASAP.

Anonymous said...

Not only are they starving and homeless, they are also at risk of being sexually molested or killed. Y are people so callous.

Welcome back linda *kisses*

Unknown said...

Hmmmm na wa oooo.....they should stop purnishing these innocent children naa....buh linda u never can tell cos I once had a cousin about 9yrs who told me that they (her colleagues) use to come call her in d nyt when we are all asleep n that they sit in circles n eat on cocoyam leaves...I raaaaaan ehn....

Yetinde said...

Werey people,dats how they are o,but we all know there's no where such does not exist,these ones are just emere children.

Unknown said...

I don't know why akwa ibom people so much believe in witch craft,tufiakwa ha.
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Tina said...

This is too much, how will they accuse 8 yrs old child for infecting someone with AIDS. May God 4give dem.

Eugenia said...

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Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Things like this suppose to be things of the past i swear... God help those poor kids though.....
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Anonymous said...

my God this took me back to memory lane,i was accuse by by stepmum for being a witch and the reason she chouldn't give my father a child,and my father believe her.no one whoud take me in,not even my mother.for years i was torture and beaten,thrown out on the street,i chouldn't finish primary school,i was rape at 12yrs old,then a year later got kidnap by a stranger who only God knows his intentions for me.he beat me to the point i almost die.till today i still carry to huge scar on my left breast that i got from the beaten i was beaten by this stranger.but some how God did not leave the battle for me.can't say evrytin i went tru but i thank God evryday for savin me.now my dad and stepmum is late,rest thier souls,and my mum.well let's just say we are not best of frends.i've travel out of niaja for two years now and looking back all this yrs i can't help but to tank GOD for my life.so i pray to that same God almighty who save and care for me to do the same for this two kids.may they neva go tru what i went tru in jesus name.Amen.

Unknown said...

Pple hv become their own gods by takin law in2 their hands!

Anonymous said...

If d little girl uncle could not seat down wit his zip up and den ends up wit HIV how is dat mary's doing?and who on dis earth likes been an orphan?dat d little gal will b beating up 4 killing her parents both families should b drag to court and justice should take its place d children should b taking care of by d state gvt.

Anonymous said...

Bulshit .



Dey shuld do sumfin ASAP.gosh dos kids r pweety to young for such allegations.

DADDYSWIFE said...

Omg! Wht sacrilege! ! Arant nonsense! Bullshit! Haba!! Dis is so unthinkable n unimaginable!God hv mercy

APPLE said...

Thank God you are back Linda!

AdaBluey said...

Chai... People eh

Oge Nsimah said...

Those their relative suppose to be arrested or infact take them to rehabitation center , there brain is touching.poor girls i pity them

miss pink said...

This is totally unacceptable. How do u know if someone is a witch? Is it by beating or sending them out of d house? Assuming these children are witches, how where they initiated? Somebody somewhere mush have initiated them. My advise is for their parents to take them for deliverance possibly in Mountain of Fire& Miracles Ministry. Deliverance is d only way out not by beating them.

Unknown said...

Too bad seriously..so na wicthes dey giv AIDS nw abi

m3star said...

Ignorance & some "Men of God" are destroying lives in Africa.

Goziem Oh LORD said...

Our govt should really do something abt it indeed.

Anonymous said...

The people involved need to be tried and punished with stiff penalties

Chy 🌹 said...

Haba!! Little kids? Wat in God's name is wrong wiv dese communities? Y shld they isolate kids as young as dis in a bush all on the allegation of witchcraft...?
It's so unfair..@least dia r gud churches dat conduct deliverance evn if the kids r possessed which is highly possible...buh tormenting/torturing them is wickedness of the highest order
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Anonymous said...

Are you kidding me? Dis children are too small to be going through this,let the government do something about this fast,and to think they are living in the bush,dats wickedness no matter what could have happened!!! Lauhrex

Anonymous said...

Too bad..what a life..apart from government, can't individuals around there do something to help those kids..guess everyone believes they are witches..May God help them in Jesus Name.. Amen

Anonymous said...

How did the children get the witchcraft? Just looking for an excuse to murder children
How did they know they were witches?

Amaka said...

The so called uncles labeled them witches to throw them away and inherit their parents' properties including lands.

Unknown said...

We're living in a wicked world

Anonymous said...

child abuse..Goldensarah9@yahoo.com

Subomi said...

strange

Anonymous said...

I don't know if people are aware of the fact that there are more witchcraft in akwa ibom that any state or country I ever known,majority of them are under-age,they practice witchcraft like they are in schl,estimated 2.5millions witches.

Anonymous said...

Akpabio won't do anything to these ooo he is busy going for TAN rallies up and about. Msheeeewwww

Unknown said...

Linda no dey ever post my comment...its not fair o

TUFINE said...

y nt take the kid 2 the church instead of torturing, very very bad!!

Anonymous said...

I was once a victim of dis, ma step mother almost made ma took our lives. Thank God 4 God.

Anonymous said...

You only see child witch/wizard in poverty stricken homes. God dey.

Anonymous said...

Linda please marry aye dee he did it for love.....please

ary said...


I don't know why things like this happens in akwa ibom! They are so fetish that even the littlest things are chucked up to witchcraft and wizardry! And most times the victims of this witch hunt (pun intended) are usually kids!

Anonymous said...

By God's grace,they will get help soon.poor little innocent kids.very sad.

Unknown said...

Dis is unacceptable government should please do something

akanimo Uwan said...

Why cant they catch this big ogas and leave these innocent children?

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Anonymous said...

Most it be akwa ibom every time?

Unknown said...

They maybe ooo

Unknown said...

God dey sha..

Unknown said...

Illiteracy is what the villagers are suffering from.....

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