A young Nigerian woman has shared the heartbreaking experience of losing her brother after their neighbour falsely accused him, leading to his traumatic breakdown.
The revelation emerged during social media conversations about the serious consequences of false allegations, both for the wrongly accused and for real victims of abuse.
Posting on X (formerly Twitter), the user @mrs_dimplesz described how a neighbour had wrongly accused her older brother of inappropriate behaviour toward her 9-year-old daughter. The claim, which was later proven false, led to violence and lasting trauma within the family.
How I lost my brother following false accusations
“My elder brother was beaten to a pulp because our neighbour accused him of sexually assaulting her daughter of 9.
“After much pressure from others because she has earlier confided in another neighbor that her brother was insisting he wants to be bathing her cos she isn’t bathing properly and she felt uncomfortable about it. The neighbour brought up the issue when she got back and heard.
“The accused is my brother who is the most friendly in the compound . The little girl later confessed that it is her brother who has been doing it to her and he said if she mentioned it to anyone, they will kill him and she doesn’t want him to die.
“My father made sure, I n my elder sister beat the woman who accused my brother 2 a pulp as well. We beat her 2 an extent I thought she had died. she landed in the hospital and her husband arrested my dad.
“The issue was resolved but my brother was never d same after d incident
False rape accusations should be a crime and punishable. My brother died few years after that incident and even though his death has no connection with the accusation, I blamed it on that situation till date and I haven’t forgotten nor forgiven.”
