Mrs. Felicia Ogbuja, wife of Andrew Ogbuja, the Benue State
Polytechnic lecturer who was accused of severally raping late
13-year old Ochanya Oganje until her death has been arraigned by
the Nigerian government.
Unitl her death, Ogbanje lived with the Ogbuja family’.
The lecturer and his son were said to have engaged the girl in
forced sex for five years until she died in October, 2018, due to
Vesico Virginal Fistula (VVF), an infection said to have resulted
from years of sexual abuses.
Felicia was arraigned at a Federal High Court in Benue State for
her alleged involvement in the events that preceded the death of
the teenager.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in
Persons (NAPTIP) accused her of aiding the rape of Miss Ogbanje
during her stay at their residence.
The agency had accused the woman of allowing the persistent rape
of the late victim to continue, through her silence after the crime
was brought to her notice.
She was arraigned on a two-count charge for the alleged
offence.
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