Government Area in Imo state have cried out to the government and the
Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiatical Province, Dr. Anthony
Obinna, over alleged atrocities being committed by their sons and
daughters in the area.
According to Vanguard, the women made this appeal during a recent
visit to the Catholic Archbishop at the Maria Assumpta Catholic
Cathedral in Owerri.
"We are raped and molested by our own children. You cannot come to
Mgbuishii and return home safely because of the crime rate" the women
said. Continue...
According to the women, they have complained to the state government
and other security agents over the high rate of crime being committed
by their children but all their complaints have not been answered.
"We are angry because government is not looking at our direction at
all. We have been completely abandoned for years. Now we have no good
roads, no electricity, no market, nothing is going on in our place. To
make things worse, we are now suffering from insecurity" they said
The women decried the lack of police presence within their community.
They say their sons have become so wayward that they beat up any
police man who tries to intervene during any criminal activity within
the community.
"Each time we report cases to the police and they manage to send their
men at all, the criminals beat them(policemen) up because they
(criminals) parade more sophisticated weapons than what the policemen
have.
We needed police escort to get here (Maria Assumpta Cathedral) and we
will also need them to go back home" they said
The women also said they are thinking of relocating from their
villages to safer places in Rivers state.
They say even the catholic priest in their community is also
threatening to leave their community
"Even the Reverend Father in our place is complaining and threatening
to go away. About two weeks ago, some reverend sisters visited our
place and were waylaid on the road and robbed. We have a lot of
problems and that is why the women have come to complain to the
Archbishop, who is our father in the lord" they said
The Archbishop after listening to all their complains prayed for the women.
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