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Nigerian govt declares man wanted for defiling 3-year-old daughter
The Federal Government has placed a N1 billion bounty on one Magnus Okpalannadi who allegedly defiled his three-year-old daughter.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, announced the measure in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Head of Information and Public Relations in the ministry, Mrs. Grace Njoku.
She said: “The ministry received a report that Okpalannadi, a resident of Onitsha, Anambra State, has been sexually molesting his little daughter.
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“When he was found out, he disappeared before he could be apprehended.
“President Bola Tinubu-led administration has zero tolerance for child abuse and molestation.
”Hence would ensure the immediate prosecution of the peadophile to serve as a deterrent to would-be perpetrators.”
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