The suspect would be prosecuted, a government official says.
has arrested a woman, Ogechukwu Eneh, for allegedly using a 10-year-old ailing girl to beg for alms in the state.
Ms Eneh, 27, was arrested by Mrs Obinabo, who caught her at Oyeolisa Ogbunike in Oyi Local Government Area of the state while using the victim to beg for alms.The victim comes from Benue State, north-central Nigeria.Ms Eneh, on interrogation, told the commissioner that she was only helping the girl and her family solicit support from people to raise money for the child’s medical treatment.
She claimed she had been using the child to beg since December but could only realise N100,000 before her arrest. “The suspect will soon be arraigned before the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Magistrate Court in Awka,” Mrs Obinabo said.
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