By Osondu Anyalechi
Ugly things have
been repeating themselves in recent times. It is either a man is defiling his
teenage daughter or a 70-year-old man is doing so with his neighbour’s
daughter. The plea of one of them was that he was misled by the devil. Another
man said that he did what he did under the influence of alcohol. Well, the
effect is the same, irrespective of their plea. An innocent girl has been
exposed to an evil practice. A little girl has been abused and cheated. A man
is suffering from what his fellow man has done to his daughter. It is all about
the devil, rightly called devil [deviser of evil].
In one case, Uncle admitted that he defiled his daughter but
blamed the native doctor, who had told him that it was a quick means of getting
rich. And he obeyed! He must have put his daughter and wealth on the scale and
then made his choice. Money became more important to him than his daughter.
There are many people who are in pains because they have no children, and yet,
they are very wealthy. To them, children are more important than wealth. Not Uncle!
