Anambra State Government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare has rescued one Chidiebere Otenyi, another victim of domestic abuse in Ezinifite, Aguata Local Government Area.
This they did when a whistle blower who witnessed the ugly incident brought it to the attention of the Commissioner Mrs Ify Obinabo.
Reacting in her office in Awka after the team sent from the ministry had rescued the girl, Mrs Ify Obinabo, who was furious over the dastardly act vowed to bring the perpetrator Mrs Martha Umenweke to book.
The victim, a nineteen-year-old Chidiebere Otenyi from Nkanu, Enugu State said that her guardian Mrs Martha Umenweke accused her of stealing her twenty-five thousand naira which she said she did not which prompted her to beat her mercilessly.
Miss Chidiebere, who was still in pain at the time of the rescue, said she has lived with Mrs Martha Umenweke for a year and four months, but she gets severely punished at the slightest provocation especially being starved.
Upon further questioning, it was discovered that the nineteen-year-old is still in primary three.
On why she brutalized her ward, Mrs Martha Umenweke, who is in her late sixties, claimed that Chidiebere stole her money.
The case has been handed over to the police for further interrogation and prosecution at the Children, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Magistrate court in Awka.
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