Four Children Branded As Witches By Pastors Rescued @ Night In Akwa Ibom State (Photos)

According to a Facebook who shared the
story on Oct 26,4 female children
branded as witches were rescued on Oct
25 in Akwa Ibom.He wrote...
'Four female children were yesterday
rescued by a good samaritan around
1:00 AM in the night. The children
whose origins are yet to be identified
said they were told in a prayer house
that they were witches, an allegation
which compelled their parent to
abandoned them in another prayers
house which they went for deliverance,
for years without bringing them food to
them.
Their parent later came to the church at
the instance of the pastor, pick them and
put in a waiting car which drove them to
the Abak bridge and dropped them
there. The children were malnourished
and seen with wounds, bruises, and
scars in different parts of their body
indicative of variant degrees of torture,
which of course are not uncommon with
children who suffer similar faith
consequent upon witchcraft
stigmatization.
"My father said he's afraid of God, he
would have killed us as instructed by the
prophets." one of the children said.
A right activist said after the rescue:
"Children have continued to be
abandoned in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
over witchcraft allegation by parents
after desperate and nouveau riche
pastors and prophets label witches/
wizards and made their parents force
them on the streets if not killed. These
children were lucky to be rescued
yesterday in the wee hours of the night
at Abak new bridge otherwise, they
would have been picked by the lurking
human traffickers or ritual killers who
maraud the streets in search of children
for diabolic purposes.
"Different states in Nigeria, mostly Akwa
Ibom, Cross River and River States,
remain the hotbed for children
abandonment due to witchcraft
accusations. Lagos and Ekiti have also
been reported to be in the high rank of
witchcraft allegation on children and
elderly people in recent times which lead
to their death and forceful
incapacitation'