Professor Felix Anyaegbulam, has been nabbed by the Police Command in Ebonyi for allegedly defiling a minor.
Anyaegbulam is a Professor of Geophysics in Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI), Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi state.
It was said that the Professor has been sexually involved with his 13-year-old house help, who was from Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi state.
The Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Loveth Odah disclose this to journalists in Abakaliki in a WhatsApp message stating that the suspect is already in police custody.
Meanwhile the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Aliyu Garba said that has ordered discreet investigation into the matter as they await the medical screening/report of the victim,” she said.
The Coordinator of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the state, Mrs. Faithvin Nwancho, who hinted the Police about the incident decried the act of rape.
Mrs Nwancho urged the police to ensure that the Professor face the wrath of the law. She further stated that the Professor had once impregnated another teenager which caused the girl to dropp out of school.
While addressing the men of the Nigerian police force, Mrs Faithvin Nwancho said; “This Professor at the AI-FUNAI has been having sex with the 13-year-old girl. The girl stays with him, but every blessed day of this girl’s life, this man violates her sexually.”
She laments further that “He sleeps with her. As God may have it, we were told about it and so we moved into action and the girl was rescued. A complaint was made to the police and he was arrested.”
The police has then reassured the public that the case with be adequately handled, but urge the public to remain calm while they await medical report and other investigations are still ongoing.
