FIDA alleges ‘cover up’ in alleged rape of 11- year-old girl by 2 Policemen
FIDA alleges ‘cover up’ in alleged rape of 11- year-old girl by 2 Policemen
Monday, August 27, 2018 3:13 pm
Mrs Anthonia Osademe, FIDA Chairperson, Rivers State
Okafor Ofiebor /Port Harcourt
The International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, in Rivers State has accused the Abua Odual Divisional Police Station of of trying to to frustrate a case of child sexual defilement against two officers of the Division on a 11 years old girl.
The Chairperson of FIDA, Mrs. Anthonia Osademe, said the female lawyers will be sending a petition to the Commissioner of Police, CP Zaki Ahmed, over the delay by the officer handling the matter to transfer the case to the Police headquarters in Port-Harcourt for proper investigation.
Mrs. Osademe appealed to the Commissioner of Police to order that Investigating Police Officer, IPO, handling the case expedite action by transferring the case to Port Harcourt for proper investigation.
Osademe expressed the frustration while speaking with a section of the press in Port Harcourt.
“Last two weeks, we learned about how two Police Officers defiled this 11 years old Child. The Police Officers are: Sergeant Alali I. Ogonna and Corporal Anthony Livingstone. They are there in Abua Odual walking freely after FIDA went into the the matter and asked Police to charge the matter to Court. The Police is not ready to charge the matter to court.”
FIDA has been at the forefront on the campaign against the incessant child abuse in the state.
The FIDA Chairperson, Osademe in his Facebook post recently had appealed to members that the incessant rise in cases of abuses in the state is appalling.
“We really need to rise and fight this cause. Just after arraigning a suspect for scalding and pouring hot water on a child, another case is being reported where a woman used hot knife to burn her 10 years old maid on her buttock, mixed pepper and pour it into her vagina.
“Another case was reported where a woman poured hot beans on her maid. Matter has been reported at Agip police station. Both will be charged to court.
I therefore appeal to us, to join to fight this war against Child Abuse,” FIDA chairperson said.
The Rivers Police Command was yet to react to the matter at the time of filing this report.
The Spokesman to the Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni DSP, could not be be reached on his mobile phones at the time of this report.
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