Yesterday,posted a story about a
woman who kidnapped her neighbor's
son, strangled and tied him in a
box.Here ..According to a followup
report,she said her pastor
sent her to bring the child ..
Rosemary Chukwu had become a sort of
nuisance to her neighbours. Many
times, they had complained about her
praying habit.
“She would shout and scream and
make noise while praying. She
makes everybody uncomfortable.
That is what everybody knows
about her here. This is why we are
still in shock about what she did,”
said one of her neighbours at 33,
Omo Ologede area in Majidun,
Lagos.
But what Chukwu is currently
embroiled in is simply shocking for the
neighbours.The woman allegedly stole
the seven-year-old child of her
neighbour, Mrs. Gloria Emeka. When
our correspondent visited Omo Ologede
on Wednesday, it was noticed that
Chukwu and parents of the kidnapped
child were co tenants. Another
neighbour in the same compound, Biola
Odunsin, narrated how he, in
conjunction with other neighbours,
caught Chukwu.He said,
“It was around 6.30am today
(Wednesday), when the mother of
the child raised the alarm that she
could not find her son, Emmanuel.
“We all rallied around her to find
out what happened. She informed
us that she had sent him to fetch
water from the well in the
compound. She raised the alarm
because her son took too long and
when she went to the well, she only
saw the empty bucket the boy took
there.
“While we were looking for the
child, Rosemary (Chukwu) even
came out to join in searching for
the child as well. She was pitying
her mother, showing concern and
asking us to check some other parts
of the compound.”
One of the neighbours who also took
part in the search for the child said that Chukwu even
asked him to see whether the child was
in another compound not far from the
house.Two other neighbours named
Yakubu and Vincent told our
correspondent that they entered the
well where the child was sent to fetch
water.
“We entered the well to see if the
boy fell inside but we found
nothing,”
But while the search for the child was
going on, Chukwu was said to have
gone inside her apartment and came
out with a large luggage.
“She carried the luggage on her
head and passed by us as we
searched for the child. She said she
needed to drop the bag somewhere
and that she would come to join the
search later,” Odunsin said But a suspicious woman, the wife of the
landlord of the house, alerted the
search party, telling them to search the
bag Chukwu had on her head before she
was allowed to leave.
When the residents called after her to
tell her to bring the bag for a check, she
reportedly began to run. But a moment
later, she was caught.
“We immediately opened the bag
and inside was Emmanuel with a
cloth used to gag him. The child
would have died because he could
not speak again. We tried hard
before we could resuscitate him,”
However, the infuriated neighbours
descended on Chukwu and while they
were beating her, she screamed out that
they should spare her because she was
only a messenger.
“Pastor Ernest sent me! Please
don’t kill me, Pastor Ernest sent me
o!”
Then Chukwu took the party to the
church of the pastor who she claimed
sent her, which turned out to be Pastor
Ernest Nwankwo of the Holy Family
Happy Family Ministry (House of
Mercy), Majidun.One of the residents
who took Chukwu to the church said by
the time they got there, the pastor was
nowhere to be found. She was later
handed over to the police who took her
away.
A photograph of Chukwu obtained by
our correspondent showed a plump,
fair complexioned woman with a
motherly face. She is said to have four
children – two boys and two
girls.Neighbours said they had not seen
her husband, as he was usually away
from home even though they are still
together.
When our correspondent visited the
church on Wednesday, a crowd of
residents had besieged the place, barely
kept at bay by some sternly looking
policemen who were said to have
prevented the church from being burnt
down earlier by angry residents.
Some residents who pleaded anonymity
informed us that the
church was not a conventional one.
“They don’t hold service on Sundays,
only on Tuesday and Thursday. The
pastor claims to treat mad men,”
An eyewitness, who entered the church
before police intervention, said when
they stormed the church earlier, they
met a man who gave his name as
Onuora Okeke with his hands and legs
shackled in chains.
“I am not a mad man. Please help
me! I was taken from around
Redeemed Church Camp on the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Pastor
Ernest kept me here. There were
many of us but they usually come to
take away,”
The man also revealed to the people
that he was from Anambra State and
had been locked up in the church since
2012. Our correspondent learnt the
man was taken away by the police.
The Police Public Relations Officer,
Ngozi Braide, said the Chukwu would
soon be transferred to the Criminal
Investigation Department, Yaba for
investigation.
She also confirmed that the pastor of
the church has not been found.
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