PUNCH
The Anambra State-based lawyer, Adachukwu Okafor, who has been accused of abusing her 11-year-old house help, Happiness Nwafor, is now in the police net and set to be arraigned in court.
Okafor surrendered herself to the Anambra State Police Command in Awka, according to a statement by Chidimma Ikeanyionwu, the media aide to the Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Ify Obinabo, on Friday.
Okafor allegedly used various objects, like a broken bottle, knife, and electric iron to harm her househelp, in response to an incident involving her daughter.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, had placed a N2m bounty on Okafor.
THE ROUND TABLE: RISING COST OF LIVING AND IMPACTS ON NIGERIANS0:00 / 0:00
While addressing journalists in Abuja on Monday, the minister asserted her right to intervene in the matter as it relates to women and children in the country.
But Ikeanyionwu said Okafor surrendered to the police after she was declared wanted and a bounty of N2m placed on her.
The statement read, “One Adachukwu Okafor, the alleged abuser of her 11-year-old housekeeper, has surrendered herself to the Anambra Police Command in Awka…
