Anambra Lawyer Remanded For Brutalising Maid

A lawyer, Adachukwu Okafor, has been remanded by the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court sitting at the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Awka.

She was remanded at the State Criminal and Investigative Department custody in Awka, for allegedly inflicting physical injuries on the body of her 11-year-old housekeeper.

Okafor was arraigned on Wednesday before the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, presided over by Genevieve Osakwe, in Awka.

She was charged with two counts, which border mainly on 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 defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

She was alleged to have used various objects, like a broken bottle, knife, and electric iron, to harm her househelp in response to an incident involving her daughter.

Okafor, who was reportedly said to be on the run, surrendered herself to the Anambra Police Command in Awka, after the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, placed an N2 million bounty on anyone who knew her whereabouts.

The defendant’s counsel, Chijioke Nwankwo, made a bail application, but the bail was denied by the court, and the matter was adjourned till February 28, 2024, for a ruling.