Mrs Kefas said perpetrators of rape and violence against women and children would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
The prosecutor said the victim reported the matter to the police.
The child rights bill was signed into law by Governor Bala Mohammed in December 2023.
“The little ‘bride’ said if she was not allowed to marry her husband, she would have no other business in the Akeddei community,” said a source.
He had drugged and kidnapped the orphan from Akpabuyo Local Government Area and took her somewhere in Esuk Utan in Calabar Municipality.
“There is a growing number of cases of child abuse in our homes that are going on unnoticed.”
Some stakeholders fighting for the protection of women and children’s rights in Enugu have decried the high rate of child abuse in various communities.
“We are unveiling our illustrated Child Rights Law today. Our goal is to ensure that vulnerable groups are protected.”
“Officials sent to investigate the matter were attacked by the parents of the girls.”
