A 16-year-old girl who suffered s@xual molestation and exploitation in Nawfia, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state, has been rescued.
The State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs. Esther Chinyere Onyekesi, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 said the teenager was r@ped by eight men, including her guardian.
“The teenager, who was severely r@ped by these men is now two months pregnant, according to medical report presented by a concerned priest from Nawfia who reported the case to the commissioner,” the statement read.
Onyekesi frowned at the level of molestation and exploitation the young girl passed through in the hands of the adults who were supposed to protect her.
According to the teenager, her guardian forces himself on her every night and others later joined in the act.
The victim said with the help of a good Samaritan she was rescued last week and some arrests have been made.
When asked about the wife of her guardian, she said the wife is a stroke patient while her sons and daughters are all grown and some married.
She said that the police had arrested two persons out of the eight that molested her while others are on the run.
The case, according to her, is at Nawfia police station.