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
By Obeten Godfrey, Patrick Obia and Rose Ofem A total of 53 street children are currently undergoing a course to aid their re-integration into their homes and foster homes through camp activities in order to prepare them for unification with their blood relatives or foster careers. The exercise which began last week is expected to
By Ushang Ewa A former local government chairman of Calabar Municipal and Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Biodiversity, Mr. Edet Okon Asim, is currently in police custody for continuously defiling an underaged girl (names withheld) for a period spanning about three years. The girl is said to have been coerced into aborting two
By Ilam Patricia and Deborah Obot The Basic Rights Council Initiative (BRCI), a nongovernmental organisation has called for an end to paranormal beliefs that often lead to the abuse of children in Cross River State. Paranormal beliefs the BRCI argued, have been used as excuses to harm children in the State and it was time