A civil rights group, Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign, has called for the arrest of the criminals involved in the kidnapping and raping to death of Mrs. Chigbewejim Lawyer, the wife of a cleric in Abarikpor Community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State.
National Coordinator of the group, Prince Wiro, made the call in a statement in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday.
It was learnt that the criminals stormed the victim’s home, abducted and whisked her away to an unknown destination where she was raped to death on Sunday.
The victim was said to be the wife of Mr. Lawyer Steward, an Assistant Pastor of a Pentecostal Church in the Abarikpo community.
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The incident caused pandemonium in the area.
Reacting to the development, the rights group described it as wickedness, adding that the perpetrators must be fished out and made to face the full wrath of the law.
“We are shocked that the suspected gang leader who carried out the heinous and dastardly act is still moving around in the community as revealed by the deceased woman’s husband in an interaction with the centre.
“We call on the Rivers State Police command and appropriate security agencies to immediately arrest the culprits and bring the full weight of the law against anyone found culpable in course of investigation with a view to serving desired justice on the matter.
“Centre for Basic Rights condoles with the family of the deceased victim, particularly the children and the husband, Mr Lawyer Steward on the gruesome murder of his wife while praying that God gives him the fortitude to bear the loss,” Prince Wiro said.