The family of 13-year-old girl, Ochanya Ogbanje who was allegedly raped to death by Mr. Andrew Ogbuja, a lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo and his son, Victor, has cried to the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, over alleged threats to their lives and intimidation of witnesses in the trial of the suspects.
Late Ochanya’s eldest brother, Mr. Ameh Ejekwonyilo made the disclosure at an international press conference in Abuja.
Ameh said he had received death threats from family members and political associates of the Ogbuja family, adding that the lives of his parents and siblings as well as witnesses are under threat.
Addressing journalists at the joint press conference with the Federal Government Girls College Gboko Old Girls’ Association in Abuja, he revealed that a younger sibling to the suspects’ wife and mother, Mr. Inalegwu Frederick Ochiga, a personnel of the Nigeria Prison Service, Benue State Command, assaulted him at the premises of the Federal High Court in Makurdi, where he had gone to witness proceedings in the trial of Mrs Felicia Ochiga-Ogbuja in April this year.
He called on the nation’s police chief to investigate a petition he had written to the police force headquarters in Abuja in respect of the threats with a view to providing security for the deceased girl’s family and witnesses during the pendency of the suit. …….. CONTINUE READING