This 14 year old girl named
Chiawolam Comfort Umeh (pictured above) committed suicide on July 7th after she was gruesomely gang-raped by 3
men on June 28th at Iyienyi Village, near Okwoyi Community, in Isieke,
Ibeku, in
Umuahia North LGA of Abia State. Chiawolam was a virgin before she was
defiled by the vile men. Read the full report after the cut.
Culled from
Sun News online
Chiawolam, who was among students who sat for the Junior Secondary
School education (JSS) examination recently
from Isieke Model Community High School, was reported to have dashed
into the bush at the back of the family house with her mother’s head
tie, climbed on top of a guava tree and hung herself two days after she
was raped by the three beastly boys. The rape incident happened on
Sunday, June 28, 2015, while she hung herself on Tuesday morning, July
7, 2015.
Chiawolam’s father, Mr Umeh said that early in the morning that
Tuesday, her mother called her to find out how she was raped and she
complained that she was having pains all over her body. The mother told
her to endure till they come back from the police station that morning,
but unknown to them, the deceased had another plan.
“She took her
jacket and what we later discovered was a scarf and left, warning that
nobody should mention her name. We thought she was going to the
toilet,” the distraught father said.
The members of Umeh family, who
are natives of Amaeke Abam in Ohafia LGA, have been residing in
Inyienyi village, where they acquired land and built a house.
A
family source disclosed that Comfort had told her mother earlier that
she would not be able to stay alive to behold the faces of those who
defiled her, but the mother did not understand what she meant.
It
was her deafening cry while struggling between life and death on top of
the tree that drew people’s attention to the bush. They then rushed to
the scene to discover that her tongue had already protruded out of her
mouth showing that she had given up the ghost.
Comfort’s mother, Mrs
Ekenna Umeh, a prophetess who runs a prayer ministry in her home said
that the deceased would have clocked 15 years in October this year.
She said that her daughter did not like having any affair with boys as
she swore that she would keep her virginity for her husband. She was
said to have told her mother that she would complete her studies and
start working before considering marrying. The deceased mother alleged
that one Ndubuisi had been disturbing her daughter since they moved to
the area in 2013, and had in her presence threatened to deal with her if
she refused his amorous overtures.
Her words: “In my presence, I
had asked my daughter and she told me that relationship is not her
prob¬lem now until she is through with her education.
She hardly collects gifts from boys nor accepts free rides when coming back from school.”
Chiawolam was said to have gone to see her sister in a nearby village.
On her way from the visit, the three boys allegedly abducted and took
her into a nearby forest, where they have a cult house and shrine.
Explaining further, the mother told Sunday Sun “While this was going on,
my daughter told me that she was still shouting, but nobody could come
to her rescue. She said that immediately they got into the forest, near
Inyienyi stream, one of the boys named Ndubuisi brought out a dagger and
threatened to kill her if she refused to submit herself to them.
Eventually, they over-pow¬ered her, tore off her skirt, blouse, pants,
brassier and forcefully raped her in turns. She said that when they were
doing all those things to her, she passed out, only to wake and see
herself in the pool of her own blood.
It became difficult for her to
stand up and walk out of the forest, as her head was turning and every
area of her abdomen and private region was paining her. She said that
she looked at herself to discover that blood filled the whole place
like where a goat was slaughtered for sacrifice.”
Mrs, Umeh said she
never imagined that her daughter would take her life. She called on
the police and all relevant authorities to give her justice and ensure
that her daughter did not die in vain by making those who pushed her to
suicide pay for their sins.
The Police Public Relations Officer for
Abia State, Mr Ezekiel Udeviotu, who confirmed the incident described
it as unfortunate, stating that the police was doing all within its
powers to arrest the culprits, who were said to have fled the
community.
Title : Teenager who was raped in Abia state commits suicide (see her pic)
Description : This 14 year old girl named Chiawolam Comfort Umeh (pictured above) committed suicide on July 7th after she was gruesomely gang-raped by 3...
