ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani, fdc, has announced the arrest of six male suspects, for allegedly stripping a woman naked (names withheld) at Agunese, Afam-Mmaku in Awgu Local Government Area of the state.
Voiceofnaija.ng reports that the suspects beat up the widow and paraded her round the community for picking snails from a shrine.
Some youths of the community numbering over twenty (20), on 27/10/2022, paraded her over the allegation that she desecrated their shrine by picking snails therein.
Consequently, CP Ammani ordered the State CID Enugu to conduct a full-scale investigation into the viral case.
The suspects include one Okoro Stan aged 46, was alleged to have led others, Jonathan Nwangene aged 43, Maduabuchi Madueke aged 34, Obioma Nwangene aged 39, Anikene Samuel aged 24 and Chukwuebuka Agu aged 32.
Meanwhile, frantic investigative efforts are ongoing to arrest others at large.
Ongoing investigation into the case has shown that the suspects also beat up and caused bodily injuries on the victim’s relatives, when they attempted to stop them from carrying out the act.
The Commissioner condemned the said acts of torture, dehumanization and degradation of the person of the victim in contravention of extant laws, especially those bordering on her dignity and fundamental human rights.
He further directed that the investigation be concluded within the shortest possible time and the culprits arraigned accordingly.
The CP, therefore, urges citizens of the State, particularly traditional rulers and other community leaders, to ensure that utmost caution is exercised when enforcing traditional or customary norms on their subjects, especially if doing so will lead to the contravention of the constitutionally enshrined fundamental rights of the person.