Witches pushed me to rape 9- year-old girl, says father of 3

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A 39-year-old father of 3, Ekpeyong Essien, who
raped a 9 year old girl blamed his 2 sons, whom he
alleged are witches, for pushing him to commit the crime.

Essien, who hails from Bakassi Local Government Area
of Cross River State, had on July 12, raped 9 year old
Bright Benjamin, at Hawkins Primary School in the
Calabar South area of the state capital.

He said the girl had approached him for money to pay
her fares home, but he simply instructed her to follow
him to a nearby primary school where he defiled her with
his fingers.

Essien said his life became useless after his two sons
were bewitched by one of his neighbours.

Essien is currently in the custody of the Criminal
Investigation Department of the Cross River State
Police Command at Diamond Hill in Calabar and would
soon be charged to court.
Narrating how he defiled the little girl, he said:

“It was the handiwork of witches. Someone
bewitched my children and my children in turn used
what they have been given to affect my life
negatively. The person who bewitched my children
lives in our compound. What my children are doing
with the witchcraft is to ensure that I become
useless in life.

“When I saw the girl, I called her and she
followed me. I touched her a little before she
followed me to Hawkins Primary School area in
Calabar South. The place is close to the Hawkins
cemetery and when I saw her, she was actually
behind some group of persons that were going to the
cemetery to bury someone.

“She wanted me to give her transport fare back to
her home. That was how I lured her with a
promise to give her money. I have grown up
children older than her. I do not know how she got
attracted to me at that moment because I believe I
was under the spell of my children’s devilish
practice.

“When I took her to one side of the school, I
started romancing her. I did not force her to follow
me, she did willingly. It was raining at that time.

I had not seen her before. I only saw her on that
day. I only fiddled with her private part, we had
not really started making love before one security
man in the school raised the alarm and I was
caught.”

He said he was a footballer with a local team before his
children made him become useless.
He said:
“I used to play football in one of the local clubs but
my children stopped me through their devilish
practice. I am not the only one that is accusing my
children of practising witchcraft; other tenants in
the compound also know,”.

Essien, who regretted his action, is pleading with the
parents of the girl to forgive him.
“I wish I could see the girl’s father to beg him. I
am willing to pay any amount that they have spent
on her in the hospital. I am really regretting my
action because I have never had a criminal record
before,” he said.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Hogan
Bassey, said the medical report after the incident showed
that the girl had been defiled.

He said,
“Because the suspect tried to penetrate and could
not succeed, he used his fingers to defile her and
based on the medical report, the girl has been
defiled. The report showed bruises all over her
vagina.

“He actually heard the footsteps of someone coming
and he ran away. The security man raised the
alarm and he was caught. He is still under
investigation and will soon be charged to court as
soon as that is completed.”

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