FIDA assures on prosecution.
IFEANYI EZUGWU, ENUGU.
–
The International Federation of Women lawyers {FIDA},Enugu state chapter is
bent on dealing with a man [name withheld] who defiled her three year daughter while in the process of dressing her up.
According to the chairperson of
Enugu state chapter of international federation of women lawyers,Barrister Nkiru
Ugwu Nwabueze, the man committed the abominable act while trying to change the
used pampers on the girl. Eventually,when her wife, the mother of the three year
old girl raised an alarm, the man declared that her wife is insane.
She stressed that when FIDA took it upon themselves to investigate the
incidence, it was eventually discovered that the man really committed the incestuous
act on her biological daughter, and her wife who raised the alarm of the crime
was not insane in any form.
The Enugu state chapter of
international federation of women lawyers expressed dismay over the increasing
rate of defilement of children in
Enugu State, as they flagged of the ‘2013 FIDA WEEK’ in Enugu on Thursday, November
21, at Filbon hotel.
They stated that it is very
abominable that their investigation revealed that about 15 children were
defiled in the past four months in the state by their father or close relations
whom they often refer to as uncles and brothers.
The FIDA boss in Enugu said the organization is currently handling the case of
a man who started to defile a girl when she was just five years old. Also a
case of a 9 year old girl, who was recently defiled by her uncle at a community
in Ezeagu local government area of Enugu state.
She advised parents to start teaching their female children sex education to enable
them know some sensitive parts of the body.
Earlier in her welcome address, the Chairperson of FIDA Week/20th
Anniversary Planning Committee, Edith Okorie had said that the theme
of the week long even was very apt, saying when “you empower a woman,
you have empowered a nation”.
In her paper ” titled Women Empowerment, its Gains and Challenges”
which was presented at the event, the Solicitor-General/Permanent
Secretary Ministry of Justice, Enugu, Mrs A. Onaga, had stated that
President Good luck Jonathan had gone a long way in giving effective
representation to women in political and public office appointment.
Jonathan’s administration, according to her, had scored high marks on
the empowerment of women, adding that women now know that they could
aspire to the highest office in this country
