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She Spent 16 Months in Chains—Her Only "Crime" Was Looking for Her Son



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Police rescue Abuja woman chained by brother for 16 months

A man has been arrested in the Federal Capital Territory after police discovered that he had held his sister captive in a locked room under chains for over one year and four months.

The FCT Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Sanusi, disclosed the case while briefing journalists in Abuja on Monday, describing it as one of the most dehumanising scenes his officers had encountered.

He said the command received a distress call on June 12, 2026, indicating that a woman, Grace Aniekuoku, 36, was being held in chains and locked inside a room by her brother, Chinedu Aniekuoku.

“Upon receipt of the report, I immediately dispatched a team of detectives from Katampe Division to the scene,” the commissioner said.

He, however, revealed that on arrival, the suspect refused police entry into his residence — a resistance that triggered the invocation of police powers of ingress and liberation.

“I ordered that they should invoke the police powers of ingress and liberation to gain access to the premises.

“What that power gives the police is this: if you want to go into a place for a lawful duty and you are restricted, you can break in and do your duty,” the commissioner explained.

Upon gaining entry, he said officers found the victim in a condition the commissioner described as deeply shocking.

“The victim was seen in a highly dehumanising condition, where she had stayed for this long in her own faeces and excreta. She eats there, defecates there — nobody cleans it, nobody cares about her welfare.

“Her hair was so grown, like a forest. She became so emaciated that a camera stand is thicker than her nec[/b]k,” he said.

Sanusi added that the victim was immediately rushed to a hospital, where she is receiving treatment.

“We just pray that she survives to tell us the story,” the commissioner said.

[b]The investigations revealed a chilling motive behind the prolonged captivity.

The commissioner said the suspect had allegedly taken away the victim’s son to an unknown location about two years earlier and subsequently locked up his sister to prevent her from raising questions about the child’s whereabouts.

“The suspect had forcefully taken away the victim’s son to an unknown location about two years ago and subsequently kept his sister in confinement to prevent her from raising any questions regarding the whereabouts of the child, who may have been used for sacrifice,” the commissioner said.

He said efforts were ongoing to trace and rescue the missing child, while the suspect remained in custody pending the conclusion of investigations.

“The suspect will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations,” the commissioner said.

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Peter obi will find her son once him become president in 2972

Jesus.😬... what a inhumane her uncle is 😷.
Devil incarnate 😈

You sure she was mentally okay? I know Africans believe chaining a mentally ill person is a temporary solution. If the symptoms don’t go, at least the person will remain hidden to avoid disgracing his/her lineage.

Terrible times we are in

Wicked brother from hell. He needs to be executed straight up.

Amovingman:
Peter obi will find her son once him become president in 2972

tinubu supporters yall just keep showing how brainless and empty your head is..smh..bittered people

Just days ago it was that little boy that I can't even stand to watch his picture for 5secs....
This one again to his own sis, e pass wickedness...na evil gangan dey reside in some peoples heart

Some people are not human beings but beast

What a world

Omooo. What did I just read?

Wickedness full this country ooo

Chenu60:
She Spent 16 Months in Chains—Her Only "Crime" Was Looking for Her Son



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ouSOvIq_o




https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/police-rescue-abuja-woman-chained-by-brother-for-16-months/%3famp

How is it that some people are comfortable being evil and wicked, how?

The other day was this innocent child brutalized, open sores filled his body from head to toe

now this

Amovingman:
Peter obi will find her son once him become president in 2972

Look at them. What is so funny about this story? Just because you want to mention Peter Obi you have to mock the woman and her son who nobody is sure if he is still alive. Must everything in your life be about Peter Obi? I would not be surprised if you end up later in life doing more wicked things to your family members than what this man did to his sister.

kpankpangolo:
You sure she was mentally okay? I know Africans believe chaining a mentally ill person is a temporary solution. If the symptoms don’t go, at least the person will remain hidden to avoid disgracing his/her lineage.

It's a possiblity she may be mentally ill. It is also possible that if she did have a son, he was taken away from her for that reason. At the same time, the police should do their work, and mentally ill people should not be chained and restrained. Not when we have psychatric hospitals, especially in the FCT where there is at least one psych hospital

This looks like a scene from a horror movie

How can a human be so wicked, even to your own blood??

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
— Matthew 10:36

Blood is thicker than water

Discuss

Dricker:
tinubu supporters yall just keep showing how brainless and empty your head is..smh..bittered people

You know, you do not need to feed the troll. Ignore him

Just a look at his face says it all, wickedness reincarnated.
Execution should be approved for some crimes after trial and conviction

kpankpangolo:
You sure she was mentally okay? I know Africans believe chaining a mentally ill person is a temporary solution. If the symptoms don’t go, at least the person will remain hidden to avoid disgracing his/her lineage.

You always find excuse for every unimaginable crime committed by your people. Be humane for once.

shortgun:
Looks like a mentally ill woman to me

Assuming If you were locked 🔒 up like her for that long, wouldn't it affect you psychologically?

That's to say if she's mentally unstable.

Fear humans and fear money

The kind news wey I dey read about this country, dey shock me.


Be side that.

This is very common in the Nth and Est.

One for religious purposes.
The other, for ritual and trafficking purposes.

There should be a hasher punishment in this country than mere years of incarceration.

Amovingman:
Peter obi will find her son once him become president in 2972

Mental disorder is challenge
Get help

Amovingman:
Peter obi will find her son once him become president in 2972

Many are mad but few are roaming

SixSeven:
Blood is thicker than water

Discuss

Outliers exist.

Blood is still thicker than water.

Fear people who don’t value family relations to commit evil.

kpankpangolo:
You sure she was mentally okay? I know Africans believe chaining a mentally ill person is a temporary solution. If the symptoms don’t go, at least the person will remain hidden to avoid disgracing his/her lineage.

C'mon stop these nunsense talk, dont you people no when to be serious, everything na cruise

If your daughter or son has mental issue, you will lock dem up in one room for years that is the Treatment abi

Which nunsense africa believe in chain, even if you handcuff the mental patient it is just to take dem to where they get treatment nd proper care

please only people with sense we need on NL,

The same people are online abusing government, pastors and what have you. Meanwhile they are worse than the devil.

I’m sure he takes good care of his own wife and kids.