Abia jails two sexual offenders, opens register to name and shame convicts

The Abia State Government has said it has successfully prosecuted 2 intersexual offenders successful the authorities for defiling 2 minors, stating that the suspects person been convicted and jailed by a Family Court sitting astatine the Umuahia High Court.

The state’s Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, disclosed this astatine the Government House on Monday while briefing journalists connected the result of this week’s Executive Council gathering presided implicit by Governor Alex Otti.

He explained that 1 of the intersexual offenders was convicted and sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for allegedly raping a teenager, portion the 2nd offender was sentenced to 10 years successful situation for defiling a five-year-old child.

The commissioner noted that the victims of the intersexual assaults and different gender-based and home unit cases are present receiving attraction astatine the authorities government’s Sexual Assault Referral and Treatment Centre successful Aba.

Also speaking connected the convictions, the Abia State Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Mrs Ngozi Blessing Felix, said that a 35-year-old intersexual offence fishy who fled to Nasarawa State aft committing the transgression was tracked and brought backmost to Abia by the constabulary to look trial.

The commissioner said the suspect, upon his arraignm...