Speaking on Tuesday,
July 28, Chioma said the kidnappers held them inside a bush called Sambisa
forest located in Ezzagu in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Chioma, her brother
and another victim had gone to Onunwafor, Ezzagu in Ishielu Local Government
Area of Ebonyi State for business purposes before they were kidnapped and held
hostage for five days before police came to their rescue.
Chioma, who is from
Nsukka in Enugu State, and the two other victims had gone to Ezzagu to sell
their goods which included noddles, diapers and oil.
The business
involved a modality that allowed people of the community to invest money and
those who invested were receiving high amounts as their returns.
However, the owner
of the investment business reportedly ran away from the community with the
payments made by their customers without the knowledge of Chioma and her
brother.
In anger, the youths
abducted Chioma, her brother, and the other person involved in the business and
held them hostage in the bush. They were starved, threatened, and sexually
assaulted.
Narrating her ordeal
to journalists at the state police command in Abakaliki after her rescue from
the kidnappers’ den. Chioma said she was repeatedly raped by boys from the
community while others inserted hands, rods and sticks into her private part.
She said they also forced her brother to have sex with her even though he told
them it was incest and forbidden.
She said: "A
company employed me to advertise noodles, diapers, oil and other products. If
you invest N1,000 in the business, you will get N1,500. We were just doing that
and we were paying our customers.
"One day, our
boss travelled. I went to the office and couldn’t see three of our colleagues.
I only saw my elder brother and one other guy that was working with us. As three of us were in the office, the
community youths came and started beating us, demanding where our boss was.
They tore my clothes, pants and bra and took us into a thick forest.
"They started
molesting me; some had sex with me, while others inserted hands into my private
parts. Some pressed my breasts.
"After they
finished molesting me, they said my elder brother must have sex with me. They
carried my brother, beat him up thoroughly and ordered him to start having sex
with me. My brother told them that it was against our culture. They insisted
that he must do it and pointed a gun at his head. My brother had no option than
to have sex with me.
"After blood
gushed out of my private parts, they ordered my brother to clean the blood.
When he refused, they beat him up again. They came to me again and had sex with
me in the pool of my blood."
"After having
sex with me again, some of them came to me and inserted sticks in my private
parts. Later, they took us to another forest where we stayed for four days. If
they hear anything like a gunshot, they will take us to another forest."
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