My name is Mr. Igwe Nwachinaemere Israel of Ntalakwu Oboro Village, Ikwuano Local Government Area, Abia State Nigeria. I reside at NO. 316 New Town Layout (by Freeworld Hotel) Emene, Enugu, Enugu State. I wish to lay this complaint and possibly seek your swift intervention on this matter that my entire family found most disturbing.
Against that backdrop, I wish to state as follows: That the victim, Miss Blessing Nzubechi Igwe is my younger sister. That I lay this complaint for myself and on behalf of all the members of my family. That my Sister Miss Nzubechi Igwe, who is 32 years old has been experiencing some psychiatric symptoms against which my family sought for urgent medical attention, at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu.
That my sister was admitted at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu on the 9th of August 2024. That while she was at the hospital I did visit her often and I was monitoring her progression and providing the necessary things that were required. That one night while my sister was within the hospital premises, One Mr. Kazeem a security man at the hospital accosted her, lured her to a corner, in threatening violence and had a non-consensual sexual intercourse with her.
That at the earliest opportunity, my sister reported the matter to the management of the Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu for their intervention. That despite the said complaint laid by my sister, there was a brazen apathy to investigate the incident case of rape, culminating in pregnancy.
That I was not in any way informed and had no knowledge of the ugly incidence up until the second trimester of the pregnancy, when I was advised by a staff at the hospital to conduct pregnancy test on my sister. That the pregnancy test was thereafter conducted and the result came out positive.
That at the moment, my sister is about five (5) months pregnant. The pregnancy test result is intact and can be made available if the need be. That with respect to the rape, I petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, in furtherance of which the culprit was to be arrested but he absconded.
That prior to this event, I petitioned the hospital and pleaded for the rape case to be investigated, but to no avail.
That in a strange twist of event, in the morning hour of January 15th, 2025, 1 received a call from the hospital informing me that my sister is missing and that my presence is urgently needed at the hospital. That when I got to the hospital they gave me the hospital bill and informed me that they do not know my sister’s whereabouts.
That we have searched every nook and cranny of both my home State and Enugu State but she is nowhere to be found. 17.That all the entreaties made to the hospital Management to give any reasonable account as to my sisters whereabouts proved futile. It is discernable from the background that the life of my sister is in imminent danger.
We sincerely believe as a family that the hospital has a duty of care in the circumstances and under no guise should they pass the buck to anyone else. It is indeed a helpless situation and I am calling on all the relevant Departments and Agencies, security agents, the press and well-meaning Nigerians to kindly rise to this occasion and save my poor sister from being lynched untimely.
We therefore humbly urge that you explore all the options within the ambit of the law to give this matter the necessary visibility for justice to be done. Every effort to reach the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Mrs. Ngozichukwu Nneka Unaogu for reaction and response before the publication of this story proved abortive as she doesn’t take calls nor respond to messages.
