15-Year Old Ernest Who Raped 4-Year Old Jennifer Iteze Freed Over N4,000
The 15-year-old boy, Ernest, who allegedly raped 4-year-old Jennifer Iteze has been freed because the victim’s family couldn’t pay the sum of N4,000, which according to Family Law Centre, Abakaliki was to be used for opening a case file for their complaint.
The rape case of the 4-year-old girl was brought to Ebonyi State’s Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development under the Head of Department for Child Development, Godwin Igwe who revealed that Jennifer was brought to his office by her father alongside a consultant physician from the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki; who confirmed the rape after some medical examinations were conducted on the victim.
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Jennifer’s father alleged that the rape act was perpetrated by one Ernest, the son of one of his co-tenants. According to him, Ernest undertook to look after the little girl and her other two siblings while he and his wife left for their different places of work, but on return, they discovered that their daughter, Jennifer was having pains while urinating.
It was gathered that upon inquiry, parents of the little girl were told by their daughter how Ernest came into their house while she was with her siblings and inserted his genital into her own. However, following the inability of the family to pay N4,000 for a case file, the 15-year-old boy has been set free.
Iteze, who is a staff of the National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki; has however called on the appropriate authorities to assist his family in bringing the culprit to justice, so as to serve as deterrent to others who may want to commit such act.