Man arrested for forcefully marrying off underage daughters vows to deal with them

An Anambra man, Uzochukwu Okoli, who was arrested for allegedly forcefully giving retired his underaged daughters successful marriage, has threatened to woody with them erstwhile helium returns from detention.

The antheral made the menace successful the bureau of the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Ify Obinabo, who facilitated his arrest.

He was arrested pursuing a study by 1 of his daughters to the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, alleging maltreatment by her begetter and being forced into marriage.

One of the daughters, Chioma Okoli, who claimed to beryllium 16, said their begetter brought them backmost from Edo State, wherever they were schooling, simply to springiness them retired successful marriage.

Chioma who was accompanied to the Ministry by her elder sister, alleged that she was initially forced to unrecorded with a septuagenarian astatine the property of 14 earlier the begetter aboriginal gave her retired to a 34-year aged man, Chinedu Nweke, to marry.

She said, “After the decease of our mother, our begetter brought america backmost from Edo State, wherever we were going to schoolhouse to instrumentality a husband.

“He archetypal forced maine to unrecorded with a 70 years aged antheral astatine the property of 14 but aft sometime, I ran backmost location earlier helium aboriginal gave maine retired to a 34 twelvemonth aged man, Chinedu Nweke, arsenic husband.

“Unfortunately, beingness with Chinedu has been hellhole due to the fact that helium beats maine and sometimes aft beating maine pees successful my mouth. I was forced to tally distant with my 9 months aged baby.”

Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo directed that the lawsuit beryllium charged to tribunal to guarantee justness for the victims.

She urged parents to beryllium mindful of their children and usher them decently alternatively of pushing them to aboriginal marriages susceptible of destroying their lives.

But the suspect, who could not springiness the close property of her daughters portion being taken distant successful handcuffs promised to woody with the daughters if helium yet came retired of detention alive.

He boasted: “Just commune I dice successful situation due to the fact that I volition decidedly woody with you if I yet travel retired alive. I’ll marque beingness much miserable for each of you,” helium vowed.

Both suspects, Okoli and the hubby helium procured for her daughter, Nweke were arrested and would beryllium arraigned soon, the commissioner said.