Monday, June 30, 2025 - The Rivers State Police Command has detained the principal of Christ Ambassadors Mission International in Eagle Island, Port Harcourt, Mrs. Mirabel Wobo, and a teacher for allegedly using a hot iron to torture a 14-year-old student who was accused of stealing N30,000.
The aunt of the teen who reported her to the principal was
also taken into custody by the police, while the young girl is currently
undergoing medical treatment for the burns she sustained.
The command's spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed
the arrests on Friday, June 27, 2025, and stated that investigations are still
being conducted to make sure that those who are responsible bear the full
consequences of the law.
Iringe said that after noticing the student's obvious burn
injuries on Tuesday, locals in the Amazing Grace Junction neighbourhood, where
the school is situated, expressed concern.
"Upon questioning, the girl said the school principal
and a teacher burned her with a pressing iron after her aunt alleged that she
stole N30,000, an accusation the teenager denied,” she said.
Eyewitnesses said they confronted the aunt when she was seen
leaving the school premises and subsequently reported the incident to the local
police division.
A human rights advocate, Prince Wiro, who is the National
Coordinator of the Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability
Campaign, condemned the act, describing it as “man’s inhumanity to man.”
Wiro said that after receiving a distress call, he hurried
to the location where an irate mob had assembled and threatened to attack the
girl's aunt.
"When I arrived, the police were already at the scene.
I pleaded with the crowd to let the police handle the case. At the station, the
girl confirmed that the school principal and a teacher burned her with a hot-pressing
iron, demanding that she confess to stealing,” Wiro said.
He called for a thorough investigation and prosecution of
anyone found culpable.
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