Local entertainment spots in Gombe State, also known as ‘gidan gala,’ are perceived as houses of exploitation. There, spectators show interest in teenage girls and ladies by ‘spraying’ naira notes on them as they dance to music.
A local vigilante group has rescued two minors aged 12 and 13, who were allegedly being sexually molested by a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member,
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Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt
Published 3:53 am
A 30-year-old woman, Mrs Joy Ihunwo, who was allegedly brutalised by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Rivers State Police Command, has said she lost her pregnancy after the incident and is calling for justice to be served.
The woman was arrested alongside her husband, who is the head of a vigilante group in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt following a petition against him over alleged illegal activities by his group.
Joy, while speaking to our correspondent in Port Harcourt on Sunday, said she had gone for a pelvic scan at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital and the results showed that she had lost the pregnancy.