A PRIEST IN ANAMBRA STATE WEDDED A COUPLE YESTERDAY, DESPITE DISPUTES WITH THE BRIDE’S FATHER. (PHOTOS).

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 A priest in Anambra State wedded a couple yesterday, despite disputes with the bride’s father In a video circulating online, the Reverend Father narrated that The father of the bride who is from Nteje had insisted that the wedding should not take place unless his daughter swøre never to associate with his mother whom he has a quarrel with. The conflict arose from past marriage issues between the father and her mother. Before the wedding, the father repeatedly met with the priest, warning that he had already taken the bride's mother to a deity and that the girl must follow him to the shrine to appease that deity before the marriage can go on. For peace to prevail, the priest advised the couple to comply with all the father’s requests so the wedding could proceed, the priest even donated some of the items that the brides father told her to bring to use in appeasing the deity. However, when they reached the shr|ne, the father suddenly changed his demand, insisting the daughter take a...

ANAMBRA POLICE BUSTS A CHILD TRAFFICKING SYNDICATE, ARRESTS ONE SUSPECT AND RECOVERS THIRTY-THREE UNDERAGE GIRLS IN AGULERI . (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 


ANAMBRA POLICE BUSTS A CHILD TRAFFICKING SYNDICATE, ARRESTS ONE SUSPECT AND RECOVERS THIRTY-THREE UNDERAGE GIRLS IN AGULERI 


Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command attached to the Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu today 7th January 2026 recorded breakthrough in an ongoing investigation involving a case of kidnapping, abduction, missing children and child trafficking. The Operatives arrested a female suspect, one Ifeoma Success Anthony aged 37 years and rescued 33 (thirty-three) underaged girls in a house at Awkuzu.


This feat follows a distress report received through the Police Command Control Room from

the victim's relatives on how their three children: Divine Mbam (Female), 14 years, Nwagu Favour (Female), 15 years, and Oke Blessing (Female), 18 years respectively who were abducted since 26th September 2025, in Ebonyi State, and taken to an unknown location were sighted at Emma Pigin Road, Aguleri. 


Preliminary investigations revealed that the building where the girls were, is allegedly used for child trafficking and prostitution and owned by one Mrs. Ngozi Nnanyelugo (Female), aged 45 years, who is currently at large.


Meanwhile, efforts are currently ongoing to arrest the principal suspect, while investigations continue to determine the full extent of the crime and identify other accomplices. Further developments will be communicated in due course.


The Anambra State Police Command remains committed to protecting lives, especially vulnerable children, and urges members of the public to continue providing useful information to aid ongoing investigations.


SP Tochukwu Ikenga

Police Public Relations Officer

Anambra State Police Command


7th January, 2026

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