“Husband Urinates Into My Mouth” – Victim, As Anambra Docks Father For Forcing 14-Year Old To Marry 70 Year-Old Man

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Anambra State Government is set  to dock one Uzochukwu Okoli and his 34 years old son in-law Chinedu Nweke, for allegedly contracting his under aged-daughters into forced marriages.

The State Government, through the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare,  Ify Obinabo, Thursday, May 2, 2024, directed relevant officials of the Ministry to liaise with all concerned bodies in the State and charge the duo of Okoli and Nweke to court for forced marriage and child abuse.

The directive is coming on the heels of an earlier complaint lodged by Chioma, one of the two daughters of Okoli, with the Ministry, detailing how she was lured back from Edo State by her father and given out in marriage first to an over  70 year-old man and later to 34 years old Nweke.

Chioma who said she is 16 years old, narrated to the Ministry officials ,that she and her elder sibling had their educational pursuit in Edo state disrupted by their father who brought them back home for the sole purpose of contracting them  out in marriages .

The Complainant said she was first contracted to a 70-year old man at the age of 14 ,and later given out  to Nweke.

But according to her, she passed through torrid times in the hands of her second husband, who subjected her to untold abuses, including physical assaults and  urinating inside her mouth .

She said she was forced to run away from the marriage, which has so far produced a nine month old baby ,owing to incessant abuses by Nweke.

“After the death of our mother ,our father brought us back from Edo State, where we were schooling to  get married .

“He first of all forced me to live with an over 70 years old man . at the age of 14 . But after some times ,I ran back home. He ( my father ) later gave me out to a 34 year old man Chinedu Nweke as a husband.

“Unfortunately, life with Nweke was hellish because he beats me always,and sometimes urinated  in side my mouth . I was forced to run away with my 9 months old baby.” Chioma stated

Okoli’s planned arraignment, is sequel to his arrest and interrogation by the Anambra State Women  Affairs Ministry on Thursday.

Meanwhile ,the Women Affairs Commissioner, Mrs Obinabo has called on parents ,to pay more attention to the future of their children ,instead of  forcing them into early and, most times, destructive early marriages.