![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-300x200.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, has berated and advised former Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to reduce his consumption of alcohol.
Shaibu stated this following a revelation by Wike that his liver and kidneys failed due to “poisoning.”
Chronicle NG reported that during the Thanksgiving organized by Wike’s family on Sunday, Wike said his liver and kidneys failed after he was poisoned at the PDP’s Secretariat in 2018.
However, Shaibu berated Wike’s love for alcohol, especially whisky, which he has even admitted to drinking in the early hours of the day, that led to him flying to Beirut for treatment.
He said that with the high rate at which Wike drinks alcohol, he likely had alcohol poisoning and not food poisoning.
Governor Wike has always been upfront about his intense and indubitable love for whiskey. He even said back in March that he was sipping a 40-year-old whisky with his friends while watching Atiku and others protesting on TV at 11 am.
“Governor Wike has also been seen drinking and dancing in videos, including one he did with former Governor Rochas Okorocha. If Wike was indeed poisoned and his organs failed, he ought to be a teetotaller by now and reduce his drinking.
“I am not a medical doctor, but it is general knowledge that excessive alcohol consumption leads to high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, digestive problems, and cancer of the breast, mouth, throat, oesophagus, voice box, liver, colon, and rectum,” he said.
“Other ailments associated with excessive drinking include weakening of the immune system, increasing the chances of getting sick; learning and memory problems, including dementia; and poor sexual performance. Wike should look inward. Let us assume that he was poisoned by food. Was his hoarse and husky voice also caused by food poisoning?” he asked.
Shaibu has also berated Wike for wearing a “misbutton” suit to the Aso Rock Villa.
In a post on Twitter, Shaibu attributed the mistake to Wike’s love for alcohol.
“When you drink a 40year old whisky at 11am everyday…there is no way you wouldn’t wear a ‘misbutton’ suit to the villa” Shaibu berated.
