Imo and Its Ugly Tales

Lately, Imo State has not posted good news. And this is not peculiar to the administration of Senator Hope Uzodinma. From the days of Achike Udenwa to Ikedi Ohakim, Rochas Okorocha and Emeka Ihedioha, before Uzodinmma came in with the help of the Supreme Court, the Heartland of the Southeast seems to enjoy unsavoury news exposure. Shockingly, the latest one is depressing.

For a state battling self-inflicted insecurity, the news of a grandmother, who allegedly used her 7-year-old granddaughter as a sex slave, was a terrible odd in the mix. Although she has since been reportedly arrested alongside a monster that allegedly sexually abused the minor, the development has left much to be desired.

This happened in Ogbaku community area of Imo State, where the minor accused a man, identified as Miracle of “using her” each time she visited his shop, giving a rather graphic description of what he did with her each time she visited.

An obviously bitter minor, who was staying with her grandmother, because her mother lived in Lagos, recounted her ordeal to a member of a vigilante group, who investigated the development. She further alleged that her grandmother collected between N1000 and 1500 from men to sleep with her and that it happened everyday.

However, despite the many distractions that the state is dealing with, this is a case that should interest the authorities and other groups that are into in child protection. Everyone involved in this crime must be brought to book. It is just too much for a seven-year-old.