Father detained for molesting 12-year-old daughter, two younger ones in Anambra.

Arinze Obiwenite has been detained for allegedly defiling his 12-year-old daughter.

Obiwente was detained during a raid at his residence in Abacha community, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State after receiving a tip from a whistleblower. He was also accused of utilizing demonic methods to conduct a “healing” ministry.

The 12-year-old girl and her siblings were reportedly rescued during a raid on the accused’s home under the direction of the state commissioner for women and social welfare, Mrs. Ify Obinabo.

It was learned that the suspect had kept his children imprisoned in the room for five years and was allegedly having sex with the 12-year-old while fingering the smaller children.

These were revealed to journalists in a statement on Saturday by the commissioner’s media assistant, Miss Chidinma Ikeanyionwu.

She claims that before beginning the trip, the commissioner first made a courtesy call to the Igwe Nwabunwanne Odiegwu, Traditional Ruler of the Abacha community, to inform him of the commissioner’s intentions.

She said, “It was during the visit to the monarch that it was revealed that the suspect had been parading himself as a Christian who gives solutions to people seeking for answers without knowing that he has other motives up his sleeves.

“The traditional ruler explained that the community got to know of the suspect’s escapades when he accused some young boys in the community of raping the daughter.

“The suspect was summoned to the palace on several occasions but failed to honour the royal invitation which made the youths of the community troop out en masse to his residence and on getting to his house, they discovered that he locked up his children including the 12-year-old.

“When questioned, the daughter revealed that the father locked them up in the room for five years and that he always had carnal knowledge of her while he fingers the younger ones.

“Upon interrogation, the suspect stated that he is married to 11 wives, but does not live with any of them at the moment.”

The community’s traditional leader, Chief Paul Omofia, spoke about the situation and revealed that after learning of the man’s illegal activities, the youths had planned to take the law into their own hands by having him burned alive. However, the monarch intervened and stopped them.

Omofia added that the occurrence took place a short time after their Ofala holiday, during which they pleaded with the local deities to reveal any evildoers in the neighborhood.

The commissioner promised to uphold justice and to provide the kids with a supportive environment where they could develop and receive the treatment they needed after assessing the kids.

The suspect, when questioned, was reported to have categorically denied all charges brought against him but begged the monarch to pardon him and assist in settling the matter amicably—a request the monarch openly rejected.

Some items allegedly found at the suspect’s home included a long list of paper on which he jotted down the names of people he had killed and planned to kill, a hollow grave in his backyard where, according to the suspect, he stays when necessary to perform incantations, and some herbal remedies that he claimed were also diabolical.

Additionally, he was made to break the oath that had been made to his three wives and him during the course of their weddings.

The suspect was detained by the police, who then took him to the state criminal investigating division in Awka, according to the statement.

He was charged on March 23 and arraigned before the Children, Sexual, and Gender Based Violence Magistrate court in Awka. He was then remanded in custody and taken to the Correctional Center Amawbia, while the daughter was taken to an unidentified hospital for a checkup and potential treatment.