Two ladies were detained in Anambra for kidnapping widows’ children.

Two women, Felicia Nwosu and Chinenye Nwosu, both from Ndiowu in the Anambra State’s Orumba North Local Government Area, have been taken before the State Criminal Investigation Department in Awka for kidnapping two underage children that belong to widow Sharon Nwosu.

According to reports, the widow’s mother-in-law and sister-in-law, who are believed to be the perpetrators, stole the widow’s children after her husband passed away and accused her of killing him.

They were detained after the widow reported to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare on Friday, according to a relative of the dead who verified the development to press on Saturday.

According to Sharon, who is from Enubom Ndiowu in the Orumba Local Government Area, her difficulties with her in-laws began when she refused to give her late husband’s younger brother the laptop and phone when he insisted on having ownership of the items.

She said, “After forcefully taking custody of my two children and accusing me of killing my husband, my mother-in-law and sister-in-law asked me to hand over my late husband’s laptop and telephone to his junior brother who demanded to take possession of the said properties.

“I was shocked that such a request was made a few days after my late husband’s demise. They asked me to hand over the laptop so that the junior brother could take over the contract my late husband who was an architect, had just secured warning me not to tell anyone.

“I was still dealing with her husband’s demise only to find out that my mother had also died the same day I lost my husband.

“The worst of the situation was days before they took my children, they consistently told my kids that, I was responsible for their father’s death and they broke into my room after my husband’s funeral to cart away all the money sympathisers gave to me.”

Ify Obinabo, the commissioner for women and social welfare, responded by expressing her disapproval with the situation and promising the widow that she will be able to reclaim her children from her in-laws.

Obinabo urged everyone to refrain from adding to widows’ issues and instead always give them breathing room to mourn their loved ones.

A letter ordering the alleged offenders to appear before the ministry on Tuesday with all parties engaged in the case for further investigation was later delivered to the suspects.