Crime
Federal varsity lecturer sexually abuses 13-yr-old
Authorities of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi has reacted to the arrest of Felix Anyaegbunam, one of its lecturers, for defiling a 13-year-old girl.
The state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Loveth Odah, confirmed that the suspect was in their custody.
And Commissioner of Police Aliyu Garba has ordered an investigation into the matter, stating from medical screening..
In a statement issued by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ikechukwu Elom on Tuesday, the institution said it does not condone any form of criminality among lecturers especially the act of rape.
“We wish to state as follows that the school management is yet to receive official report or complaint on the alleged crime; will act accordingly as soon as such report is made,” he said.
He dismissed reports stating that Anyaegbunam is a professor of geophysics in the university.
“Anyaegbunam is not a professor in our university but a senior lecturer in the department of physics,” the statement read.
A lecturer and his son made the news years ago when the report of their sexual abuse of their househelp came to the open.
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