Adachukwu Okafor, an Anambra State lawyer accused of brutalising her housekeeper, Happiness Nwafor, has surrendered herself to police.
On Friday, February 16, 2024, the attorney turned herself in to the Anambra State Police Command in Awka, according to a statement made by Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, the media assistant to Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Ify Obinabo.
Suspicion mounted that Okafor had fled, following reports that she had injured her 11-year-old maid with an electric iron, a shattered bottle, and a knife after the girl and her daughter had an altercation.
The is coming four days after the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, slapped a ₦2 million bounty on the lawyer for reportedly fleeing.
The minister made the declaration while speaking to press in Abuja on Monday, February 12, 2024, citing her right to intercede in the subject because it affects women and children in the country.
Ikeanyionwu said, however, that Okafor turned herself in to the police subsequent to the declaration of the bounty that had been placed on her.
“One Adachukwu Okafor, the alleged abuser of her 11-year-old housekeeper, has surrendered herself to the Anambra Police Command in Awka.
“Recall that the suspect, who is currently in police net, used knives and other sharp objects to inflict injuries on her 11-year-old housekeeper.
“This took place after she was declared wanted and a bounty of N2m placed on her,” the statement read.
The suspect, according to Obinabo, will be charged next week in the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Magistrate Court in Awka.
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The Women’s Affairs Commissioner paid the victim a visit at the hospital and spoke with her further. She will be discharged soon.
According to reports, Nwafor applauded the state government’s action and requested that her abuser face severe punishment.
