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 using a sex toy on 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 Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, Anambra State, 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 a kind of confused and ‘What is this? What is happening? Could this be true?’ Immediately, I wanted to leave, but my friend held me. He said, “No, 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 that the video was generated using artificial intelligence.
He said, “I saw the video. It was my wife, and I saw my daughter. She was molesting the child.
“I got a kind of confused and ‘What is this? What is happening? Could this be true?’ Immediately, I wanted to leave, but my friend held me. He said no, 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 that 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 what? ‘I saw your video molesting my daughters. How come this happened?’ She said no. That 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?”
“And she said that it’s AI,” he said.
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 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.
The husband said his wife later admitted to the allegation while being questioned at the police station.
“When they were asking her in the police station, that is when she accepted that it is true. 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 my… 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.”
Onyeanyusi said he was devastated by the admission.
“I got weak. I got tired. How come this kind of a thing can happen? How can you do this kind of a thing?
“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?’”
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.
The police also said four children, aged two, three, six and nine, were rescued during the operation.
The command said the suspect remained in custody as investigators worked to establish the circumstances surrounding the alleged offence and determine whether other persons were involved.
The husband, who said he was disappointed in his wife, added that he decided to speak publicly to explain what happened and how he became aware of the alleged abuse.
“I am totally disappointed in my wife. I never believed that she was going to do this kind of a thing, even to the daughter… to her own daughter and to my own daughter. I never believed it.
