Police in Ebonyi State has arrested a University Professor over the alleged defilement of a minor.
The suspect, identified as Felix Anyaegbulam, a Professor of Geophysics in Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo local government area of the state, had sexually assaulted the victim for the past six months.
According to the Police, Anyaegbulam, who hails from Anambra State, had been harassing the 13-year-old victim, a native of Ezza North Local Government Area of the state, who lived in the suspect’s house with her father, who serves as his gateman.
Confirming the development, state Police spokesperson DSP Loveth Odah told journalists in Abakaliki that the suspect is in police custody.
She also revealed that the state commissioner had ordered an investigation into the incident.
“The Commissioner of Police, Mr Aliyu Garba, has ordered a discreet investigation into the matter as await the medical screening/report of the victim,” she said.
The state Coordinator, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Mrs Faithvin Nwancho, who reported the incident to the police, decried the act.
Nwancho noted that the Professor had once impregnated another teenager, which led to her dropping out of school.
“This Professor at the AI-FUNAI has been having sex with the 13-year-old girl. The girl stays with him, but every blessed day of this girl’s life, this man violates her sexually.
“He sleeps with her. As God may have it, we were told about it, and so we moved into action, and the girl was rescued. A complaint was made to the police, and he was arrested,” the Coordinator stated.
