The husband of 36-year-old Anulika Onyeanusia, who was arrested by the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly using a sex toy on her underage daughter, has recounted how he discovered the alleged sexual abuse.
Ikechukwu Onyeanyusi said he was informed about the incident by a friend who showed him a video of his wife allegedly molesting their daughter.
He said he was returning from his business on Thursday evening when his friend called him and showed him the video.
Speaking in a video posted on Saturday on the Facebook page of the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, Onyeanyusi said he had not seen the video on social media before his friend brought it to his attention.
He said, “I saw the video. It was my wife, and I saw my daughter. She was molesting the child.
“I got confused and asked, ‘What is this? What is happening? Could this be true?’ Immediately, I wanted to leave, but my friend held me. He said no, I should calm down, I should take it easy.”
Onyeanyusi said he later confronted his wife about the video, but she initially denied the allegation and claimed the video was 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, it’s not true,'” he recounted.
According to him, when he asked her how she could deny what he had seen, she maintained that the video was not genuine.
“I saw you! I saw your video! I saw everything, and you are telling me it’s not true? What makes it not to be true?” he asked. “And she said that it’s AI.”
Onyeanyusi said he returned to his friend and told him about his wife’s explanation, asking whether the video could actually have been generated by AI.
He said the police arrived at his residence shortly afterwards and searched the premises before arresting his wife.
“Before I knew it, police had already come to my house. They said they wanted to search. I said to them, ‘Okay.’ So they did all the searching, they arrested her, and we all left,” he said.
The husband said his wife later admitted to the allegation while being questioned at the police station.
“When they were asking her at the police station, that is when she accepted that it is true. The DPO called me because I was outside while she was inside the office with the DPO.
“And the DPO asked me in her presence, ‘Do you know about what your wife is doing with your daughters?’ I said, ‘No, I don’t know.’
“Then they asked her, ‘Did your husband know about this?’ And she also said no, that he didn’t know about it.
“That is when I turned to her and asked, ‘Did you do this, really?’ And she said yes.”
Onyeanyusi said he was devastated by the admission.
“I got weak. I got tired. How can this kind of thing happen? How can you do this kind of thing?
“I just sat down in the police office; I couldn’t compose myself. I was reasoning, ‘What is this? What has happened to me?'”
The couple resides in Onitsha, where police officers recovered sex toys and other items said to be relevant to the ongoing investigation.
The Anambra State Police Command had earlier said the suspect was arrested on September 10 following open-source intelligence concerning a disturbing viral video allegedly showing a woman using sex toys on a minor.
Anambra First Lady Dr Nonye Soludo has condemned the alleged abuse, describing it as beyond comprehension, and pledged to follow the case closely to ensure the children receive necessary medical, psychological, and rehabilitation support.
