The septuagenarian identified as Nwoke Simeon Ogbuehi was caught in the act on Thursday, May 26, 2016, and upon the court hearing, was freed causing the people of the community to cry out for help from the relevant authorities within the state.
A 74-year-old man has been caught in the act of raping a 14-year-old pupil in Umuahia, Abia State, and freed on the grounds that there is not enough space in the holding cell at Afara prison.
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The septuagenarian identified as Nwoke Simeon Ogbuehi was caught in the act on Thursday, May 26, 2016, and upon the court hearing, was freed causing the people of the community to cry out for help from the relevant authorities within the state.
The Umukam Okaiuga Nkwoegwu Autonomous Community in Ohuhu, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State is calling for justice concerning the bizarre incident and the conduct of the Chief Magistrate, Mirabel C. ken Ahukanna of the Afugiri Magistrate Court in Umuahia North LGA.
The community has been reported to have suffered several incidences of molestations, sexual assaults and rape of adolescent males in the community orchestrated by the suspect who is also from the community.
After Ogbuehi was nabbed by the youths of Okaiuga community JSS 2 pupil, Chukwuebuka Uchendu, the suspect and the victim were immediately handed over to the police at the divisional police station at Afugiri, who took over the investigation, later arraigning Ogbuehi before the Chief Magistrate Court, Afugiri.
The reports reveal that after the case came up before Chief Magistrate, Mirabel C. ken Ahukanna, she queried the victim in open court causing him to narrate his repeated ordeals at the hands of Ogbuehi.
Chief Magistrate Ahukanna is reported to have immediately discharged the accused on the grounds that the holding cells at the Afara prison cannot afford to take in any more inmates due to lack of space.
Ogbuehi is also reported to have threatened to get back at the community for exposing and humiliating him while still on the court premises.
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The victims as well as the community is now reportedly living in fear as they call on the authorities as well as the office of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice to intervene and and put an end to the dastardly acts.
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