{INTERVIEW ZONE} ~ GRANDMA INVITED A MAN WHO BEAT US WITH HOT MACHETE — KIDS ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT
The Cross River State Police Command recently arrested a grandmother, Christiana James , for the torture of her three grandchildren on allegation of witchcraft. The woman has been granted bail by the police because she was said to be HIV positive . MUDIAGA AFFE speaks with the kids who are in the custody of a Cross River- based non -government organisation , Basic Rights Counsel Initiative Our parents ’ death responsible for our maltreatment —Esther Please introduce yourself . I am Esther Effiom- Ita , aged 13. How did you come about the bruises on you ? The bruises were inflicted on my younger ones and me by our grandmother who said we were witches . She invited a man one day to beat us . The man came with machete and used it on us . He also used the machete to flog the three of us . On the second day, he took the three of us to another site where we were flogged . They tied our hands and legs and used hot machete to flog us on our back . They insisted that we m...