The husband of 36-year-old Anulika Onyeanusia, who was arrested by the Anambra State Police Command over allegations involving her minor daughter, has recounted how he discovered the incident.
Ikechukwu Onyeanyusi said he became aware of the alleged abuse after a friend showed him a video purportedly involving his wife and their daughter.
According to him, he was returning from his business on Thursday evening when his friend contacted him and showed him the video.
“I saw the video. It was my wife, and I saw my daughter. She was molesting the child,” he said, adding that he initially struggled to believe what he was seeing.
Onyeanyusi said his friend advised him to remain calm as he attempted to process the situation.
He subsequently confronted his wife, who initially denied the allegation and reportedly claimed that the video had been generated using artificial intelligence.
“I came to her, and I asked her, ‘What exactly is this that I saw on the internet?’ She said no, that it’s not true,” he recounted.
Onyeanyusi said he later returned to his friend to ask whether the video could actually have been generated using AI.
Shortly afterwards, police officers arrived at their residence, searched the premises and arrested his wife.
“Before I knew it, police have already come to my house. They said they want to search. I said to them, ‘Okay.’ So they did all the searching they did, they arrested her and all of us left,” he said.
According to the husband, his wife later admitted to the alleged act while being questioned at the police station.
He said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) asked whether he was aware of his wife's alleged activities involving their daughters.
“I said, ‘No, I don’t know.’ Then they asked her, ‘Did your husband know about this?’ And she also said no, that ‘I didn’t know… he didn’t know about it.’
“That is when I turned to her, I asked her, ‘Did you do this, really?’ And she said yes,” he recounted.
The husband said the alleged admission left him devastated and unable to comprehend what had happened.
“I got weak. I got tired. How come this kind of a thing can happen? How can you do this kind of a thing?” he said.
He added that he was overwhelmed while at the police station, saying he struggled to come to terms with the development.
“I just sat down in the police office, I can’t get myself. I was, you know, reasoning, ‘What is this? What has happened to me?’” he said.
The Anambra State Police Command had earlier said four children, aged two, three, six and nine, were rescued during the operation. The suspect remains in custody as investigators work to establish the circumstances surrounding the allegations and determine whether other persons were involved.
The police have not announced the conclusion of their investigation or any formal charges against the suspect.
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