The victim, Favour Asuqwo suspected to have been stolen from Akwa Ibom
since 2018 was reportedly sold to the suspects in the commercial city of
the state for the sum of N800,000.
It was gathered that the suspects had changed the victim’s name to Faith
Ezeukwu soon after they bought her over.
The victim has also been rescued by the police.
The police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed confirmed the arrest on Sunday,
saying the suspects was arrested by police detectives following
intelligence report.
He however said the abductors were still at large.
He said, “On the 21/2/2020, a girl child of about 10 years old
reasonably suspected to have been stolen from Akwa Ibom State since 2018
and sold to a couple in Anambra State at the rate of Eight Hundred
Thousand Naira (N800,000) was rescued by Police detectives attached to
33 division, Onitsha following intelligence report.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the child’s original name was
Favour Asuqwo before her “new parents” the suspects who are now in
police custody gave her a new name as Faith Ezeukwu after they allegedly
bought her from her captors presently at large.
“Anyone with useful information about the rescued child should report at
the 33 Police Station Onitsha or contact PPRO Anambra State Police
Command headquarters Awka through GSM no 08060970639 to enable the
victim’s biological parents or close relatives identify her.”
HURIWA, Condemns Adamawa; Plateau attacks
Wondering why President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has so far
pushed back on the groundswell of emerging facts that the escalation in
the mass killings of Christians, the burning of their Churches and
houses in selected Christians dominated towns and Villages of Northern
Nigeria by Islamic tertorists and armed Fulani herdsmen constitute
carefully CHOREOGRAPHED GENOCIDE, a leading civil Rights Advocacy
group-: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has
affirmed her hope that World leaders will intervene without further
delay to stave off full blown genocide similar to the HOLOCAUST.
HURIWA has therefore asked the President Major General Muhammadu Buhari
(rtd) and the National Assembly to as a matter of a national emergency
take concrete measures to invite the United Nations Security council to
lead the process of establishing a global wide military interventions by
creating buffer zones in the affected communities to stop the ABSOLUTE
ANNIHILATION OF CHRISTIAN MINORITY TRIBES IN THE CORE NORTHERN STATES OF
THE NORTH EASTERN STATES AND SOUTHERN KADUNA STATE.
“These steps, the Rights group said are imperative because both the boko
haram terrorists and other related armed attackers have continuously
made good their threats to uproot Christianity from the entirety of
Northern Nigeria even as the RIGHTS GROUP blamed the skewed anti-
Christian land policies in some states in the North West of Nigeria
WHICH DELIBERATELY is aimed at denying CHRISTIAN CHURCHES RIGHT OF
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO SET UP CHURCHES as one of the key motivating
factor driving the current wave of anti-Christian massacres and
genocides of epic proportions by the combination of Islamic terror
extremists and armed Fulani herdsmen in Northern Nigeria. “We make
haste to advice President Muhammadu Buhari to stop living in denial and
accept the intolerable reality of the existence of a coordinated
genocides of Christians in Northern Nigeria as the first necessary steps
towards finding concrete way forward in addition to the immediate
rejiging and reorganisation of the nation’s internal security
institutions to infuse the participation of CHRISTIANS to head some of
these internal national security platforms currently dominated by
Moslems.”
HURIWA said: ” Our hearts bleed as we have just read about what a
newspaper called fresh revelations that have emerged on how Boko Haram
insurgents attacked Garkida town in Gombi Local Government Area of
Adamawa State for six hours on Friday night. The town is located on the
Gombi-Biu – Damaturu Road, which shares proximity with Southern Borno
and Sambisa Forest.Reports say police barracks, churches and a house
belonging to Gen Paul Tarfa (retd.) were among several buildings burnt
by the terrorists during the attack.Meanwhile, the Islamic State’s West
Africa Province is said to have claimed responsibility for the attack,
alleging that they killed three soldiers and took some worshippers in a
church hostage in addition to other villagers in the community. How on
earth with scorched- earth terror agenda of eliminating the presence of
Christians and CHRISTIANITY be allowed by the Federal government to
continue to manifest and unfold? Why will the Federal government be busy
spreading half-baked PROPAGANDA to attempt to deny the existence of a
well-oiled plots by Islamic terror groups and armed Fulani mercenaries
to wipe off Christians even when the plotters have successfully carried
out their threats? HOW IS IT THAT CHRISTIAN LIVES DON’T MATTER ANYMORE
IN NIGERIA?”
HURIWA Which believes that there is a well planned genocide targeting
Christians and urged the Nigerian authority to listen to the voices of
reason and work out how to stop this rapidly expanding threats against
Christians and to openly invite the United Nations Security council to
provide PEACE ENFORCERS TO KEEP MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN MINORITY
TRIBES NOW UNDER ATTACKS IN ALL OF THE NORTH EAST AND NORTHWEST SAFE
BECAUSE AS IT IS THE NIGERIAN MILITARY IS OVERWHELMED.
HURIWA invites President Muhammadu Buhari to sit back and read the
factual newspaper accounts from the victims of the recent Adamawa
attacks and take steps to assure Nigerians that his government is not in
a conspiratorial silence whilst the genocides against Christians go on
because as we got the information from an eye witness account rendered
by a media the “People were also killed but I have no record as of now.
They also razed General Paul Tarfa’s residence, among other important
buildings in the town. A tweet by @tntmagazinenigeria also showed a
church that was eventually burnt by the insurgents. It read, “Where
several houses, which included those of prominent sons of Garkida,
market, churches; EYN, Living Faith and Anglican burnt. Rural health
centre, two ambulances burnt while another two taken by the
insurgents.The saddest part is that some people from the very town of
Garkida who were recruited by the insurgents were the ones selectively
showing the insurgents which properties to set ablaze. My heart bleeds
for this nation we call Nigeria.”Also, the Cavell Group, a consultant in
intelligence, risk, crisis and expedition, in a series of tweets via
@TCG_CrisisRisks, noted that many of the villagers were able to escape
into the bush while some were abducted.”
HURIWA warned the Nigerian authority that Nigeria will pay heavy price
should the current governmental authorities continue to threat the
massive genocides against Christians as a non-ISSUE.