Outrage In Senate Over Cop’s Rape Of Two-Yr-Old

Senators yesterday expressed anger over alleged rape of a two year old girl, Chinwendu Onwudiwe, by a policeman, one Corporal Anthony Onoja, in Mararaba, Nasarawa State.
The lawmakers voiced out their indignation over the incident after Senator Helen Esuene (Akwa Ibom South) presented what was described “a touchy” motion on the “Cruelty to infants” in the country.
Esuene in her lead debate noted that the country had been witnessing acts of cruelty to babies including their being kidnapped, abused and sold as commodities.
She invited the Senate to note “the recent case of criminality in Mararaba area of Nasarawa State meted against a two year old baby girl, Chinwendu   by   a policeman who is supposed to uphold the law.”
The lawmaker said,” on October 20, 2013, the gory news that hit the airwaves as carried by Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) was the sexual assault of a two year old female infant by a neigbour who is a police officer called Corporal Anthony Onoja.”
She noted that though the matter was reported to the police, it was yet to be taken to court.
She said that Section 31 and 32 of the Child’s Right Act “make this case a criminal offence which attracts life imprisonment or 14 years imprisonment depending on the nature of the abuse.”