Ebonyi Governor gives brutalized girl 7 days to return to the state or be declared wanted

The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has given Uzoamaka Chukwu, the girl who was stripped naked and dehumanized, 7 days to return to the state or be declared wanted.

Despite the good fortunes that have smiled on Uzoamaka Chukwu, the 15-year-old orphan girl who was stripped naked, brutalized and dehumanized over allegations of sleeping with men, another twist in the story of the poor girl is playing out as the Ebonyi State Governor, Engineer Dave Umahi, has ordered that she be returned to the state within seven days or he will declare her wanted.

According to reports emanating from the state, Umahi’s reasoning is that Chukwu remains a property of the state and as such, only the state has the capacity to rehabilitate her and give her the right education she needs and not her adopted mother,Rita Nnenna Anoh, who, last week, had announced her adoption of the girl with the promise to sponsor her to the highest level of education.

In a statement signed by Umahi’s Chief Press Secretary, Emma Anya, only the government has the right to take care of Chukwu.

“Government is asking that wherever she is, she should come back so that we can take over her training from secondary school to university level. We will also be able to rehabilitate her.”

However, many fear for the poor girl and have read meanings into the demands for the return of the girl to the state as being sinister going by the fact that the mastermind of the torture of the girl, Ogbonnaya Ene Odii, the Coordinator of the Ohaozara Development Centre, has been hobnobbing with the Governor since he was granted bail by a court in the state.

-Pulseng