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Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi awards scholarship to 10 years old Miss Chinonye Nneoma Nnadi

 


*Directs Attorney-General toensure  Justice for Her by prosecuting her guardians for torture, others.

BY ERIC OLUSESAN

Help has come in the way 10 years old Chinonye Nneoma Nnadi who was brutally tortured and had two nails drilled on her skull and hot iron blistered on her body  by her guardians, Mrs. Ifeoma Ozougwu and her husband, Mr. Jude Ozougwu, as Enugu State  Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has approved the award of scholarship, up to university level, to the little girl.The 10 years old Chinonye Nneoma Nnadi hospitalized for grievous wounds from torture.

A statement by the Commissioner for Information, Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh, Gov. Ugwuanyi directed the state scholarship board to implement the approval with immediate effect.


Aroh disclosed that the governor “in addition to the earlier directive to the State Ministry of Gender Affairs and Social Development to provide and fully pay for the best available medical care for the child, the Governor has further directed the immediate release of financial support to the family of the child for their upkeep”.The information commissioner added that Gov. Ugwuanyi expressed appreciation to the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police “for their timely and professional intervention” and equally directed the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Chief Miletus Eze to “liaise with the Nigeria Police and ensure that the suspects are brought to justice timely”.It would be recalled that the State Commissioner for Gender Affairs and Social Development, Rt. Hon. Princess Peace Nnaji, on the directive of the Governor, yesterday, visited the victim at ESUT Teaching Hospital Parklane, Enugu and announced the state government’s decision to take adequate care of her wellbeing, pay all her medical bills and ensure that she receives proper medical attention.Enugu State is in the hands of God!

Blistered body of the 10 years old housemaid Miss Chinonye Nneoma Nnadi for grievous wounds from torture.

Mrs. Ifeoma Ozougwu and her husband, Mr. Jude Ozougwu arrested and accused of torture of 10 years old housemaid,Miss Chinonye Nneoma Nnadi hospitalized for grievous wounds from torture.

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