Alleged Sexual Assault: Governor Ortom Orders Investigation Into Case Of Secondary School Student

The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has ordered that an investigation be carried out on the alleged sexual abuse of a female students of the Federal Science and Technical College (FSTC), in Otukpo, Local Government Area of the state.

The abuse which was said to have been carried out by a male staff of the institution.

The Governor’s directive is coming on the heels of recent social media reports few days back that a male staff of the school (name withheld) was sexually abusing female students and taking advantage of them.

The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Micheal Gusa who made this known on Tuesday in Makurdi said given the directive, his office had taken up the issue and petitioned security agencies to commence investigation into the matter in order to bring the culprit to book.

“There was this online publication in which the author indicated that there were sexual assaults on female students of FSTC Otukpo by a staff of the college.

The Governor directed that I take up the matter with the security agencies for proper investigation, so that the culprit can be brought to justice.

“This is a threat to our female children who are in the school; it does not speak well of our society and it also does not speak well of the future of the girl child for staff of such a school to engage in assaulting them.

“So in compliance with the directive, we have written a complaint to the Commissioner of Police and also to the Director, Department of State Services, DSS to carry out a discrete investigation into the matter to ascertain the veracity of the allegation.

“We want the society to know that Government’s attention has been drawn to it and we have taken up the matter to ensure that justice is done in the circumstance.”