14 year old Chiawolam, who was
among students who sat for the Junior Secondary School education (JSS)
examination recently from Isieke Model Community High School, was reported to
have dashed into the bush at the back of the family house with her mother’s
head tie, climbed on top of a guava tree and hung herself two days after she
was raped by the three beastly boys. The rape incident happened on Sunday, June
28, 2015, while she hung herself on Tuesday morning, July 7, 2015.
Chiawolam’s father, Mr Umeh
said that early in the morning that Tuesday, her mother called her to find out
how she was raped and she complained that she was having pains all over her
body. The mother told her to endure till they come back from the police station
that morning, but unknown to them, the deceased had another plan.
“She took her jacket and what
we later discovered was a scarf and left, warning that nobody should mention
her name. We thought she was going to the toilet,” the distraught father said.
The members of Umeh family, who
are natives of Amaeke Abam in Ohafia LGA, have been residing in Inyienyi
village, where they acquired land and built a house.
A family source disclosed that
Comfort had told her mother earlier that she would not be able to stay alive to
behold the faces of those who defiled her, but the mother did not understand
what she meant.
It was her deafening cry while
struggling between life and death on top of the tree that drew people’s
attention to the bush. They then rushed to the scene to discover that her
tongue had already protruded out of her mouth showing that she had given up the
ghost.
Comfort’s mother, Mrs Ekenna
Umeh, a prophetess who runs a prayer ministry in her home said that the
deceased would have clocked 15 years in October this year.
She said that her daughter did
not like having any affair with boys as she swore that she would keep her
virginity for her husband. She was said to have told her mother that she would
complete her studies and start working before considering marrying.
The
deceased mother alleged that one Ndubuisi had been disturbing her daughter
since they moved to the area in 2013, and had in her presence threatened to
deal with her if she refused his amorous overtures.
Her words: “In my presence, I
had asked my daughter and she told me that relationship is not her problem now
until she is through with her education.
She hardly collects gifts from
boys nor accepts free rides when coming back from school.”
Chiawolam was said to have gone
to see her sister in a nearby village. On her way from the visit, the three
boys allegedly abducted and took her into a nearby forest, where they have a
cult house and shrine.
Explaining further, the mother
told Sunday Sun “While this was going on, my daughter told me that she was
still shouting, but nobody could come to her rescue. She said that immediately
they got into the forest, near Inyienyi stream, one of the boys named Ndubuisi
brought out a dagger and threatened to kill her if she refused to submit
herself to them.
Eventually, they over-powered her, tore off her skirt, blouse,
pants, brassier and forcefully raped her in turns. She said that when they were
doing all those things to her, she passed out, only to wake and see herself in
the pool of her own blood.
It became difficult for her to
stand up and walk out of the forest, as her head was turning and every area of
her abdomen and private region was paining her. She said that she looked at
herself to discover that blood filled the whole place like where a goat was
slaughtered for sacrifice.”
Mrs, Umeh said she never
imagined that her daughter would take her life. She called on the police and
all relevant authorities to give her justice and ensure that her daughter did
not die in vain by making those who pushed her to suicide pay for their sins.
The Police Public Relations
Officer for Abia State, Mr Ezekiel Udeviotu, who confirmed the incident,
described it as unfortunate, stating that the police was doing all within its
powers to arrest the culprits, who were said to have fled the community.
Source: Sun
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