The Federal Government, yesterday, placed a N2 million bounty on an Anambra-based lawyer, Adachukwu Chukelu-Okafor, wanted for allegedly using a hot pressing iron and knife to mutilate the genitals of her eleven-year-old househelp.
Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, disclosed this during a media briefing in Abuja, following the emergence of a viral video of the girl.
“Nigerians, go out there in search of this woman. Bring her out. Call any police station and hand her over. The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs is offering N2 million to anybody that will lay hands on this woman and hand her over to the police.
“We need this woman urgently because the girl is in pain and has been in the hospital. It could be your child or anybody’s relation, so let us not fold our hands,” she said.
The minister added: “I kept quiet initially because I thought that by now it would have been solved by the state, since they are aware of it. For the fact that it still hasn’t been solved, I have decided to wade in.
“Some people will ask, ‘Why is the ministry always getting involved?’ Let me explain that it is within my purview to get involved in anything that involves women and children across Nigeria.
“I have every right to get involved in it. Government will soon be making a pronouncement on the issue of taking in househelps that are less than 18 years, to put a stop to cases of child abuse and violation.”
