In the petition addressed to the NAPTIP's Zonal Commander, Enugu Zonal Office, and copied to Governor Peter Mbah, the group demanded justice for the teenager.
Signed by group's president, Olu Omotayo, the petition was titled: "Re: Appeal For Justice: Re: defilement of 14 year old girl, since 2019 by the husband of her boss and his friend."
A civic organisation, the Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has petitioned the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other related matters (NAPTIP), over the alleged serial defilement of a 14-year-old teenager since 2019 by the husband of her boss and his friend.
In the petition addressed to the NAPTIP's Zonal Commander, Enugu Zonal Office, and copied to Governor Peter Mbah, the group demanded justice for the teenager.
Signed by group's president, Olu Omotayo, the petition was titled: "Re: Appeal For Justice: Re: defilement of 14 year old girl, since 2019 by the husband of her boss and his friend."
Omotayo explained the mother of the victim, one Mrs Chinwendu Ozioko, on whose behalf the petition was written, explained that the ugly incident was discovered on Thursday January 24, 2024.
Mrs Ozioko, a traffic warden at the newly formed Enugu State Transport Management Authority, according to the petition stated that she allowed her daughter to go and live with one Mrs Blessing Nnaike, her schoolmate at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) sometime in 2019, when she gave birth to a baby.
"Since then her child had lived with her till Thursday 25th January 2024, when this matter was reported to NAPTIP.
"Mrs Ozioko stated that since her child started living with the family at their home at Thinkers’ Corner, Emene, Old Road, Enugu, they didn’t allow the child to visit her and any time she called Mrs. Nnaike would always say the child was okay until Thursday 25th January 2024, when the child got a phone while the Nnaikes’ family had gone to work and called her mother and explained to her how she had not been going to school for some time and how the husband of her mistress Mr. Charles Nnaike, had consistently raped her over the years. That he started abusing the child while the child was in primary six.
"That anytime she said no, Charles would squeeze her hand, beat her up and tell her that “not after paying your school fees, you will not allow me to enjoy myself.”
The group president stated that Mrs Ozioko further explained that her child also narrated how Charles forced one of his friends to sleep with her and made video of them and told her that if she informed anybody he would post the video on internet.
"The child further stated that a fortnight ago Charles tried to rape her again and she screamed loud so that somebody would hear them; fortunately her auntie's daughter heard her crying and shouting and told her mom.
"When Mrs Blessing Nnaike asked the child and she told her that her husband used to rape her almost every day. She thereafter told the child that she must not disclose it and she must not let her mother know, if not she would kill her and bury her and nobody will come for her.”
Condemning the barbaric acts of Charles Nnnaike and his friend, the rights group urged anti-human trafficking agency to ensure that "no stone is left unturned until Justice is done in the circumstances of the case, describing the incident as grave infraction on the rights of a Nigerian child.
"We urge Your Excellency to ensure that all concerned authorities take urgent and necessary actions to ensure that the case is promptly, impartially and effectively investigated to ensure that the perpetrators are punished according to the law and the victim accorded justice including adequate medical care and reparation."