By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report Two teenagers, unnamed, were last weekend in Calabar, rescued and accommodated by a not-for-profit organization, the Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, BRCI following reports of sexual and physical abuse by their father, Linus Samuel Sunday Ukum. Mr. Ukum, 40, a plumber and native of Nsit – Ubium Local Government
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report Prevent Abuse of Children Today, PACT, has ended a two-day stakeholders conference on ending child abuse in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States. The annual conference organized by Basic Right Counsel Initiative, BRCI, with support from Safe Child Africa, held June 21-22, 2022 at Hogis Hotel, drew key
By Patrick Obia A non-governmental organization in forefront of free legal and other aids to indigent women and children, Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), has solicited N945,000 support from well-meaning individuals for the medical bill of a 12-year-old, Goodness Emeka Uche bathed with hot water. Goodness is said to have been bathed a mixture of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dr. Idem Etuk Samuel, the Chief Executive Officer of Mount Zion Medical Center in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has been accused of defiling a 15-year-old teenager in his clinic. The Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, in a letter dated November 9, 2021 and addressed to the Commissioner of Police in Cross
By Archibong Jeremiah and Sylvia Felix Hon. Justice E. E. Ita of Calabar Family Court Judicial Division has convicted three for raping underage girls. The rapists are 38 year old Effiom Edem Bassey who defiled a 5 year old girl, 27 year old Hassan Abdullahi raped a 12 year old child and Nicholas Edet who raped
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, CP Sikiru Akande warned that Cross Riverians and dwellers should be aware of fraudulent job advertisement. CP Sikiru Akande gave the admonition following the defilement of a minor by a final year Law student of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, who is currently on the
By Patrick Obia Two children who where driven out of their home by an aunt (Comfort) have reunited with their parents. The duo identified as Mary and Evelyn were said to have been chased out of the house to the streets where they cried for help. This was disclosed by Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI),
By Archibong Jeremiah Mr. Emmanuel Thompson Udo who raped his 14 year old step daughter has been sentenced to 22 years imprisonment without an option of a fine. This was disclosed by the Principal Counsel of Basic Rights Counsel, James Ibor, Esq. The incident occured at his residence, 45 Afokang street in Calabar South on