Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, sitting at the Chief Magistrate Court, Awka, has remanded Mrs Adachukwu Okafor in police custody for brutalizing an N 11 years old child living with her.
Okafor, a lawyer, had been accused of abusing the child and using a sharp object to injure her privates over failure to carry out some domestic chores.
The lawyer had earlier appeared before the Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Oby Obinabo, and had claimed that the child injured herself while trying to escape from being disciplined.
She had previously been declared wanted by the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye with a bounty of N2 million placed on her head.
She, however, turned herself into the Police in Awka.
She was arraigned before the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, Awka, on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, on a-two count charge, mainly, willful infliction of physical injuries on the body of one Happiness Nwafor an offence punishable under Section 4(1) of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition and Protection) Laws of Anambra State of Nigeria 2017.
The charge was read and interpreted to the defendant to the satisfaction of the Court and the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Application for bail on her behalf by her lawyer, Chijioke Nwankwo was turned down by the court and the matter adjourned to the 28th of February, 2024 for ruling.