The Anambra State-based lawyer, Adachukwu Okafor, who has been accused of abusing her 11-year-old home assist, Happiness Nwafor, is now within the police web and set to be arraigned in court docket.
Okafor surrendered herself to the Anambra State Police Command in Awka, in keeping with an announcement by Chidimma Ikeanyionwu, the media aide to the Anambra State Commissioner for Girls Affairs, Ify Obinabo, on Friday.
Okafor allegedly used numerous objects, like a damaged bottle, knife, and electrical iron to hurt her househelp, in response to an incident involving her daughter.
The Minister of Girls Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, had positioned a N2m bounty on Okafor.
Whereas addressing journalists in Abuja on Monday, the minister asserted her proper to intervene within the matter because it pertains to girls and kids within the nation.
However Ikeanyionwu stated Okafor surrendered to the police after she was declared wished and a bounty of N2m positioned on her.
The assertion learn, “One Adachukwu Okafor, the alleged abuser of her 11-year-old housekeeper, has surrendered herself to the Anambra Police Command in Awka.
“Recall that the suspect, who’s at present in police web, used knives and different sharp objects to inflict accidents on her 11-year-old housekeeper.
“This came about after she was declared wished and a bounty of N2m positioned on her.”
Talking on the event, the Girls and Social Welfare Commissioner, Obinabo, said that the suspect might be arraigned earlier than the Kids, Sexual and Gender-Based mostly Violence Justice of the Peace Courtroom in Awka subsequent week.
In the meantime, the 11-year-old Nwafor is ready to be discharged from the hospital.
Obinabo visited the sufferer to see how she was doing and additional interacted along with her.
Nwafor appreciated the state authorities and urged that her perpetrator be severely punished.
