Women Condemn Lawyer For Parading Girl Naked …Seek FIDA, NBA, Others’ Intervention

Women in Igwuruta, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, have condemned the act of a Port Harcourt-based lawyer, who paraded his house-help naked over an alleged romance with a man.
The women, who chose to be anonymous in an exclusive chat with The Tide within the week in Igwuruta , said the lawyer performed below expectation considering his learned background.
They pointed out that the lawyer would have verified his claims and punish the girl accordingly within the provisions of the law than to parade her nude to the glaring of everyone.
According to them, the man claimed that the girl allowed herself to be disvirgined by an undisclosed man within the vicinity.
“As a lawyer, he ought to have taken the girl for a medical test to prove his claims before embarking on the inhuman and barbaric journey”, they argued.
They expressed regrets that someone of such academic height could condescend that low over a minor issue.
The Tide gathered that the girl was a relative of the lawyer who have come to offer house assistance to the family in order to make ends meet.
They hinted that the lawyer followed the naked girl closely behind and forced her to match round the street. All attempt to provide her with clothing yielded no fruit , as her master threatened to use his office as a lawyer to deal with any one who dared to save her from his grip.
Meanwhile, a male indigene of the community waded in, forcefully covered the girl with clothes and took her from the lawyer.
The women, who called on the International Federation of Female Lawyers Association (FIDA), and other sister organizations to rise in unism for the defence of women/the girl-child across the globe, also sued for an investigation into the matter so as to bring the culprit to book.
They sought the intervention of Rivers State branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) into the matter, feeling that if a lawyer could behave in such manner, then the rot of the society has reached a crescendo.
The Tide further gathered that the teenager, who was still a pupil in a government-owned primary school has since left the area due to shame of stigmatisation from her friends.