Three police officers indicted in the stripping and battering of a
15-year-old Uzoamaka Chukwu in Umunaga Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government
Area of Ebonyi State, are currently undergoing orderly room trial.
Vanguard reports. Uzoamaka was stripped naked and beaten with cables and canes by some
persons in the area with the pictures and video of the incident posted
on the social media since last week.
The state Commissioner of Police, Peace Ibekwe Abdallah, who stated
this at the Command’s Headquarters in Abakaliki yesterday, added that
after the orderly room trial, the three policemen, if found guilty,
would be prosecuted.
According to her, other suspects arrested in connection with the
incident were Ene Odii Ogbonnaya, Coordinator of Ohaozara Development
Centre, and two others. “The victim has just been able to make her
statement and the case is being investigated to ensure that justice is
done,” she added. She assured that the incident will be properly
investigated and that justice will be done.
