18-year-old apprentice impregnates boss’s daughter, nine others in Anambra
An 18-year-old boy, whose identity is yet to be unveiled, has ignited controversy on social media for impregnating 10 girls within five months.
Ify Obinabo, Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare in Anambra State, made this known in a statement on her Facebook page on Wednesday.
According to her, the boy was an apprentice.
Ms Obinabo, who did not specify the trade the boy is learning, stated that he impregnated two of the girls while working under his boss.
According to her, the boy’s first two victims were his boss’s daughter and a salesgirl, whom he met at his place of apprenticeship.
The Commissioner said, “A case was brought before me. My head is scattered. I don’t even know where to start. Go to the comment section and advise me. The case concerns an 18-year-old boy. His father sent him to learn a trade. He stayed with his master for three months and impregnated both his boss’s daughter and his salesgirl.
“His boss became angry and sent him back. While he stayed in the village for two months, eight different people claimed he got them pregnant. They brought the case to me to look into, as it’s still ongoing. What could make a child turn out this way?”
The Commissioner further disclosed that the boy confessed to impregnating the girls by merely telling them he loved them and intended to marry them.
“I asked the boy, ‘What do you say to those girls before they allow you to come close to them?’ And he told me, ‘I tell them I love them, that when I grow up I’ll marry them, and when I make money, I’ll give it to them,’” she noted.
Ms Obinabo stated that the boy’s mother reported the matter to her.
She says, “The boy’s mother starts crying each time she sees him with someone entering the house. She becomes afraid, thinking he might be bringing in someone he has impregnated — or that he is among those who have been impregnated.”
She urged the public, particularly men, to support the boy’s mother.
The Commissioner stated there’s a possibility that the situation might have a spiritual dimension.
The announcement has since sparked numerous reactions from social media users.
