PROFESSOR Felix Anyaegbulam of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI) has been arrested for allegedly defiling a minor.
According to the the police, the Professor of Geophysics has admitted to the crime.
Spokesperson, DSP Loveth Odah, told journalists that the Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Garba, has ordered discreet investigation into the matter ahead of a medical screening/report of the victim.
Faithvin Nwancho,the state Coordinator, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), who reported the incident to the Police, has demanded justice.
Nwancho also alleged 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 said.
Anyaegbulam’s wife is said to be a professor in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State.
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