Veteran actress Shaffy Bello has joined the renewed call for justice for the late Elizabeth Ochanya Ogbanje. Recall that the deceased recently died after she was allegedly sexually abused by her uncle and his son in Benue State.
Sharing a picture of the alleged victim on her Instagram page, the Nollywood star expressed anger over the injustice surrounding her death.
“WE WANT JUSTICE!!!! 💔😡
I don’t care if you have only 2 followers….GET ON BOARD!!!!
OCHANYA IS OURS!!!!” she wrote.
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Ochanya, a student of Federal Government Girls College, Gboko, passed on October 17, 2018, from complications of vesicovaginal fistula (VVF), which she reportedly developed after years of sexual abuse by her aunt’s husband, Andrew Ogbuja, a lecturer at Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, and his son, Victor Ogbuja.
She was buried on November 2, 2018, in her village, Ogene-Amejo, Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State.
The case sparked nationwide outrage, prompting legal proceedings against the accused persons. However, in 2022, a Benue State High Court acquitted Andrew Ogbuja of rape and culpable homicide charges over what it described as a lack of sufficient evidence.
His wife Felicia, who was Ochanya’s guardian, was, however, convicted of negligence for failing to protect the girl and sentenced to five months’ imprisonment.
Victor has remained at large since 2018 as activists continue to call for his arrest and prosecution.
