Nigerian
former footballer, Godwin Okpara who is serving a jail term in a French
prison over a reported case of child abuse and rape, has lost his 18
years old second child, Sean Okpara Tuesday morning.
According to a family source who
disclosed the incident to our correspondent, Master Sean, late son of
the former footballer was suffering from cancer for some years before he
finally gave up the ghost in Hospital Gustave Roussy in Villejuf,
France Tuesday morning.
She pressed further that earlier
medical reports had shown that the disease that claimed the boy’s life
was inherited from the family of his mother, who is also serving jail
term in France for her alleged roles in the child abuse that involved
their adopted daughter, Tina in 2007.
However, former Nigerian
footballer, Godwin Okpara, has visited the hospital on Tuesday morning
in order to pay the final respect to his late son, Sean.
It would be recalled that a
French court had in 2007, sentenced Godwin Okpara who also played for a
top French club to 13 years in prison for the Molestation of his adopted
daughter, Tina.
Apart from Godwin Okpara, his
wife, Linda also received 15 years for her Molestation and torture,
while his mother-in-law received a five-year sentence for failing to
come to the aid of a person in danger.
During the trial, jurors
deliberated for two hours before reaching the verdict where Okpara had
denied molesting the girl, saying the sex had been consensual.
During the trial that lasted for
four days, Tina, also a Nigerian, now aged 19, described having lived
through an ordeal because of her parents, who brought her to France in
2001 at the age of 13.
She said she was forced to do
all household chores, and was regularly Molested by her adopted father
under threat of being beaten.
She also accused Godwin’s wife,
Linda Okpara for allegedly shaving her head, stubbing a cigarette out on
her cheek, and forcing her to perform cruel intimate acts.
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