Due to covid-19 pandemic FAAN has releases a new guideline
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria(FAAN) has released new procedural guidelines for air travelers and other airport users ahead of commencement of domestic flight July 8, 2020.
Its spokesperson and General Manager Public Affairs; Mrs Henrietta Yakubu who disclosed this said the new guidelines were part of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) aimed at protecting all stakeholders and preventing further spread of the COVID-19 virus.
According to Yakubu, who described the guidelines as “New Normal”, departing passengers must arrive the airport properly kitted with their face mask on.
She said the new regime also stipulates that passengers must ensure a minimum of one point five meters physical distancing just as Aviation Medical/Port Health personnel are directed to screen each passenger and ensure the use of face mask.
Other measures, Yakubu said stipulates those travelling with pets must get necessary clearance from Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services.
Passengers, she insisted must undergo disinfection of all luggages before entry into the departure halls.
She said: “Passengers are required to wash their hands as often as possible with the provision of hand sanitiser for passengers before entrance, at the waiting halls/lounges and pre boarding gates.
All footwear according to FAAN would be disinfected/sanitised by foot mats placed at all entrances to the terminal building.
Yakubu said arriving passengers are expected to observe physical distancing on disembarking from airplanes and same as they board the Co-Buses.
She said hand sanitizers would be provided in the buses.
She however warned that physical distancing protocols must be observed at the baggage claim area, where hand sanitiser will also be provided.
Yakubu further stated that disinfected trolleys would be made available for passengers, hinting that all COVID-19 protocols must be observed while undergoing Customs check.
Yakubu said : “Passengers would exit the halls and head straight to the car park for pick up, If you MUST speak to anyone around, please speak to a properly tagged Aviation Security (AVSEC) officer.
“Physical distancing would be maintained while waiting to be screened by personnel of port health services among others.
“In addition to the above guidelines, passengers are required to observe SOCIAL DISTANCING and make use of the floor markings at the security screening area. They must also comply with all other security guidelines as laid down by officials of the Aviation Security (AVSEC) department.”
She urged passengers and other stakeholders to respect and observe these necessary protocols, put in place for their protection.
Following her arrest on Wednesday , the trial of cosmetic surgeon Dr. Anu of MedContour Services Ltd is about to kick off at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi.
The case: is ‘Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Dr. Adepoju Anuoluwapo & MedContour’.
Dr Anu
Police brought her in around 11.33am.
Among the allegations against her is that a failed cosmetic surgery by her led to the death of one Mrs. Nneka Miriam Barbra Onwuzuligbo.
She is also charged with failiure to comply with a summons by the (Federal competition consumer protection commission) FCCPC In Nigeria.
Qualified contestants for the 2020 edition of the Big Brother Naija are being quarantined in an unknown facility ahead of the July 19 kick-off.
This was made known by Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu, the Regional Director of M-Net West Africa on Thursday, July 2 during a media parley via zoom.
The contestants are currently in quarantine and we are working with the NCDC to ensure due protocols are observed in monitoring the contestants.
This is aside going through other health and regular medical checkups to be sure all contestants are fit and ready for the show.
In the case of contestants not fit for the show, we have a wide pool of qualified contestants that we can choose from,” Mba-Uzoukwu stated.
Ahead of the reality TV show, the organisers, Multichoice Nigeria, made known some of the changes that will be occurring in the show’s fifth edition.
Mba-Uzoukwu said there would be no audience for live shows that include the opening night and eviction shows.
She said live audiences won’t be allowed to participate in the live shows as previously done.
Ma-Uzoukwu said this is in line with the guidelines of the social distancing and other procedures in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
In furtherance, Mba-Uzoukwu said the number of ninjas used on the show will be reduced while celebrity guests won’t be allowed throughout the show.
“We are encouraging the audience to stay at home and enjoy maximum entertainment as we roll out season 5 of BBNaija.
It promises to be fun, entertaining, and interesting. BBNaija encourages people and the audience to stay at home and watch,” Mba-Uzoukwu stressed.
Multichoice’s chief customer officer, Martin Mabutho, noted that while the number of contestants and theme for the fifth edition of BBNaija can not be disclosed at the moment, the prize will be mouth-watering.
“I can tell you for sure that the total and ultimate winning prize for this year is bigger than you know.
I can tell you that the ultimate prize for BBNaija 5 is the biggest in the history of all Big Brother editions,” Mabutho revealed in excitement.
The BBNaija season 5 is expected to run for three months from Sunday, July 19.
The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has uncovered financial infractions in the records of the Nigerian Law School.
The infractions ranged from outright misappropriation to spending without approval and diversion of pension.
This is contained in the 2015 Auditor-General’s report submitted to the Senate Committee on Public Account.
Nine queries were issued by the Office of the Auditor-General of Federation to the management of Nigerian Law School in 2015, according to the report.
The Auditor-General queried the payment of N36 million as dressing allowance through the account of one of the staff for 52 others without approval and in violation of Nigeria’s Financial Act.
“The Examination of payment records revealed that the Nigerian Law School several times paid N36 million to staff as dressing allowance in 2013 alone.
“The Management could not substantiate these payments with any approval from Salaries and Wages Commission to enable the audit team to determine the genuineness of these payments to staff. No appropriation in this request,” the report said.
The report also indicted the law school for paying N32 million to an unnamed cleaner over a period of 12 months against Nigeria extant laws.
The queries also said that N34.3 million was paid for the training of staff without approval from the federal government.
The management of the institution, led by its Director-General, Prof. Isa Chiroma, appeared before the Senate panel on Thursday to defend queries.
The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Chiroma, while responding to the queries, said that he was not the Director-General of the institution during the period under review, though admitted that government is a continual.
On payment of N36 million as dressing allowance, the Director-General said, “I can’t imagine the Law School paying N36 million into one account on behalf of others.”
His defense was, however, not strong enough for the Senate panel to vacate the query.
The Auditor-General’s report further revealed from the examination of payment voucher that the Law School, at various intervals, made use of the pension funds to offset expenses not related to payment of pension, contrary to extant Financial Regulation.
The Director-General of the Law School was asked to recover the sum involved and return the same into the pension account.
Copyright as one of the branches of intellectual property is protected under the Copyright Act, 1988[1]. The protection donated to Copyright covers a wide range of works, such as; Literary, musical and artistic works, cinematograph films, sound recordings and broadcasts. In recent times, there has been a surge in the cases of copyright infringement; this is arguably, due to rapid advancement in technology which has practically made it possible to copy works of another within a short period without even compromising the quality of the original work. The internet is in fact one of the largest threats the copyright law has faced since its inception.
Digital piracy, which involves the illegal and unauthorized obtaining and sharing of copyrighted works, is becoming increasingly aggressive and growing as a severe global problem. The main reason for this, is the difficulty to detect the perpetrators piracy since it is online. Although, the Internet Service Providers (ISP) can be indirectly liable for the online copyrights infringements, the measures to minimize same have proven to be challenging and daunting.
WHAT IS COPYRIGHT
Copyright has been defined by Black’s Law Dictionary, as a right granted to the author or originator of certain literary or artistic productions, whereby the creator is invested, for a limited period, with the sole and exclusive privilege of multiplying copies of the literary, musical or artistic works and publishing or selling them to the public.
TheCopyright Act Chapter C28 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 (Copyright Act), does not define the word “works”. However, Section 1 (1) of the Copyright Act provides that:
Subject to this section, the following shall be eligible for copyright:
Literary works,
Musical works,
Artistic works,
Cinematograph films,
Sound recordings and
Broadcasts
Copyright has also been defined by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works. Works covered by copyright range from books, music, paintings, sculpture, and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps, and technical drawings.
ARE ALL THESE WORKS ELIGIBLE FOR COPYRIGHT?
The question to be asked is whether the protection granted to works under section 1(1) is wide enough to cover all kinds of works that come under the canopy of that section. The answer to this is in the negative. Section 1(2) of the Copyright Act provides that: A literary, musical or artistic work shall not be eligible for copyright unless:
Sufficient effort has been expended on making the work to give it an original character;
The work has been fixed in any definite medium of expression, now known or later to be developed or otherwise communicated either directly or with the aid of any machine or device.
This, however suggests that before any work can be eligible for protection, sufficient effort must have been expended on the work to give it original character and the work must be fixed in a definite medium of expression. Originality within this context does not connote creativity or novelty. It simply denotes that the work was not copied or plagiarized. Therefore it is pertinent to note that copyright does not protect ideas which have not been reduced into a definite medium, and copyright is acquired by expending skills on a work and not by invention. From this, the conditions a work must fulfill before it becomes eligible for copyright protection are three, thus;
Originality
Fixation
Definite medium of expression
OWNERSHIP OF COPYRIGHT WORKS?
Section 10(1) of Copyright Act provides that Copyright in a work is generally owned and vested in the author i.e. the person who created the work. However, this is a general rule. There are certain exceptions to this rule. They are:
Where a work is created by an employee in the course of his or her employment, copyright in such work is vested on the employer.
Where a literary, artistic or musical work is made by the author in the course of his employment by the proprietor of a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical under a contract of service or apprenticeship as is so made for the purpose of publication in the aforementioned medium, the said proprietor, shall in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, be the first owner in so far as it relates to the to the publication of the work in any of the medium.
Where the owner has assigned exclusive ownership of the work.
RIGHTS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT
There exist two basic rights that copyright seeks to protect, for the exclusive preservation of the works borne by the mental exertion of the individual (author). These are:
ECONOMIC RIGHTS – they permit the owner to obtain financial benefits from allowing others to use his works. The rights can be transferred or assigned to other owners mostly for a specified sum of money or royalties determined by the sole usage for which the work will be put to.
MORAL RIGHTS – these rights also known as right of authorship and respect, grants the owner of right power to object to the work being distorted or used in contexts that are prejudicial to the honor and literary and artistic reputation of the author.
DOES COPYRIGHT REQUIRES REGISTRATION?
Copyright is inherent in a work. A work that is eligible for copyright does not need to be registered before it enjoys legal protection provided it is original and fixed in a definite medium.
However, for some extra layer of protection, the owner of copyright can register the work with the National Copyright Commission (NCC) and obtain certificate. Section 34 (2 (3) of the Copyright Act provides that National Copyright Commission is required to maintain an effective data bank on authors and their works.
In the American case of Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com[1], the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a long-standing circuit court split by answering the question of whether copyright registration occurs at the time a copyright owner files an application to register the copyright or when the Register of Copyrights grants the copyright (or refuses to register a copyright).
In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court ruled that:
“Registration of a copyright claim has been made” within the meaning of the Copyright Act when the Copyright Office has acted upon a registration by either registering a copyright after examining a properly filed application or refusing to register it.
This same position reverberates across all common law jurisdictions with domestic legislations on copyright as well as those who are signatories to many treaties on intellectual property law, making allowance for the works of an author to assume automatic eligibility for protection without registration the instance it comes into existence, provided of course, the requisite conditions are present in the work.
BENEFITS OF REGISTERING COPYRIGHT WORK WITH NATIONAL COPYRIGHT COMMISSION
According to the National Copyright Commission, the following are the advantages of registering copyright work with the Commission:
The records compiled by the NCC serves as an independent source for vetting the authenticity of data relating to a copyrighted work or its ownership to the general public;
The database of the NCC provides useful and accessible information to prospective licensees;
The acknowledgement certificate issued by the NCC to the originator of the work serves as prima facie evidence to establish creation and ownership of a work;
The records contained in the notification database also helps in the collation of national statistics on creativity and culture;
The NCC ensures that original copies of works lodged are well preserved in its depository. The Copyright Act mandates the NCC to maintain a database for all works lodged
IS A COPYRIGHT WORK PROTECTED GLOBALLY?
Copyright work is territorial in nature and as such, enjoins global protection. By virtue of being signatories to some international copyright treaties and Conventions, e.g. Berne Convention, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, the Paris Convention and the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) convention, works of Nigerian citizens enjoy protection in territories of member countries of such treaties to which Nigeria is a party.
DURATION OF COPYRIGHT
Copyright in a work does not last forever. The first schedule to copyright Act provides for the duration of copyright protection in a work.
For literary, musical, and artistic work other than photographs; it is seventy years after the end of the year in which the author dies and in the case of a government or a body corporate, seventy years after the end of the year in which the work was first published.
For Cinematograph films and photograph; fifty years after the end of the year in which the work was first published.
For sound recordings, fifty years after the end of the year in which the recording was first published, and
For broadcasts, fifty years after the end of the year in which the broadcast first took place.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER EXPIRATION OF COPYRIGHT IN A WORK?
After the expiration of copyright protection in a work, the work goes to the public domain. The term “public domain’’ refers to creative materials that are not protected by intellectual property laws such as copyright, trademark, or patent laws. The public owns these works, not an individual author or artist. Anyone can use a public domain work without obtaining permission, but no one can ever own such work.
HOW DOES COPYRIGHT WORKS ENTER THE PUBLIC DOMAIN?
After the duration of the copyright protection in the work has expired.
The work is not fixed in a tangible/definite medium of expression.
The copyright owner deliberately places it in the public domain.
The work is bereft of originality.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Copyright infringement is the use or reproduction of copyright protected works without the permission, license or authorization of the owner of such work. Section 15(1) of the Copyright Act provides that, Copyright is infringed by any person who without the license or authorization of the owner of the copyright:
does or cause any other person to do an act, the doing of which is controlled by copyright;
imports into Nigeria, otherwise than for his private or domestic use, any article in respect of which copyright is infringed under paragraph (a) of this subsection;
exhibits in public any article in respect of which copyright is infringed under paragraph (a) of this subsection;
distributes by way of trade, offer for sale, hire or otherwise or for any purpose prejudicial to the owner of the copyright, any article in respect of which copyright is infringed under paragraph (a) of this subsection.
What can be gleaned from the above cited provision is that, it is only the owner of copyright that can do or authorized the doing of which is controlled by copyright. It must be noted that the owner of copyright work can assign the rights in such work. Assignment of copyright can either be exclusive or non-exclusive. Where the assignment is exclusive, section 11(3) requires that such assignment must be in writing to be valid. However, where the license is non-exclusive, the assignment may be written or oral, or may be inferred from conduct.
ACTION FOR INFRINGEMENT
Action for infringement of copyright works is actionable at the suit of the owner, assignee or an exclusive licensee of the copyright as the case maybe, in the Federal High Court by virtue of Section 241 of the Nigerian Constitution exercising jurisdiction where the infringement occurred. What this means is that, it is only the Federal High court of Nigeria that enjoys exclusive jurisdiction to entertain matters bordering on Intellectual Property generally.
REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT
The Owners of Copyright work, whose rights have been infringed, are not left at the mercy of the infringers. There are various remedies available to Owners of Copyright works. Owners of works whose copyrights have been infringed upon may write a letter of demand that, the person infringing their copyrights stop the infringement, deliver all original and copies of the infringed work to them and pay compensation for use of their work.
They may also request that the person infringing their work enter into an agreement with them for use of their work in future. If the person infringing the work ignores the Owner or fails to adequately compensate him/her for use of his/her work, the Owner may commence a civil action at the Federal High Court where the infringement occurred to seek damages for infringement of copyrights and injunction restraining the person from continuing any act of infringement, damages or an account of profits, delivery up, seizure, or destruction of infringing copies.
In addition to the foregoing, section 20 of the Copyright Act provides for criminal liability of any person who makes or causes to be made for sale, hire, or for the purpose of trade or business any infringing copy of a work in which copyright subsist or imports or causes to be imported into Nigeria a copy of any work which if had been made in Nigeria would be an infringing copy or make or causes to be made, or has in his possession any plate, master tape, machine, equipment or contrivance for the purpose of making any infringing copy of any such. The punishment upon conviction is 5 years of imprisonment or fine or to both such fine and imprisonment.
CONCLUSION
Copyright infringement is constantly increasing and there is need for proactive measures to stem the tide and arrest the situation. Although there is a regulation in place to control the use of copyright works, however due to the increasing threat to Copyright works, there is need for stiffer measures to be put in place. Equally, there is need for Nigeria Copyright Commission and other stakeholders in the industry to constantly engage and sensitize the public on the dangers of infringing on copyright works.
Obiageli Madu was 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 to bar 2018 in Nigeria law school Enugu, graduated from obafemi Awolowo university
Beloved Mother and daughter died on ghastly accident.Mrs Theresa Madu who worked in private hospitals – Symbol Hospital, Bethsaida Clinic, Mount Carmel Hospital and Saint David Hospital (all in Enugu) between 1992 to 1996. In 1st November 1996, Also work at the Medical Centre, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus as Nursing Officer 11, with commitment and dedication to duty I got to the rank of Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in the year 2014, after having served for twenty years. joined the department of Nursing Sciences in the university on March 7, 2016 as lecturer 11.
Lina Marcela Medina is confirmed to be the youngest mother in history, giving birth at the young age of 5 years and 7 months old.
Lina was born on September 23, 1933, in Peru. She came from what seemed to be a humble family, her mother by the name of Victoria Losea who was a housemaker and her father by the name of Tiburelo Medina who was a silversmith
At the age of 5 and 6 months, her parents noticed an abnormal abdominal swelling which at first sight they thought it could have been some sort of tumor but would have never guessed that upon diagnosis from Dr. Gerardo Lozada, Lina was actually 7 months pregnant. At first, the parents didn’t even imagine that it is possible to be pregnant at that age and took Dr. Gerardo for a fool. Therefore they have taken Lina to a specialist which actually confirmed the original diagnosis.
Upon hearing this news, the doctor called the police which immediately arrested Lina’s father as the first suspect. After a week of interrogation, the police had to let Tiburelo go as they didn’t have enough evidence to prove that the father had impregnated his own child.
The young mom Lina playing with her baby
The second suspect was Lina’s cousin who apparently had mental difficulties which made the authorities think he would be capable of such a horrific act, but once again with no evidence, the police were not able to prosecute him as the father of Lina’s child.
The authorities tried to get some answers from Lina in the presence of her mother to see if she remembered anyone harming her or raping her. With the child extremely confused about everything that was happening to her, the police once again had no lead to a potential suspect or suspects. With no further evidence, nor leads, the authorities dropped the case.
In an article about the case from 1955, the author Luis Leon states that many of the remote villages from Peru held regular “religious festivals” that lead to group sex or even rape which did include minors or children of such young ages as Lina. In the absence of a more plausible theory on Lina’s case, it is believed that she was in fact raped at one of these strange and sick festivals.
Due to her young age and undeveloped body for a pregnancy, the only way for her to give birth to the baby was via a cesarean section, this implied many risks that could have put Lina’s life at risk.
When Lina was 8 months pregnant and her parents were pressured by the media, her mother did confess that Lina started her menstruations at the age of 3. It was later found out by specialists that she suffered from a condition known as precocious puberty, meaning that her sexual organs would developed at a very young age, Glands that secrete growth and sex hormones begin to function abnormally early in life.
Lina Medina in 2018
The Doctors at the maternity knew that there was a high chance for the baby to have major difficulties as Lina’s young organism was thought at the time to be undeveloped, therefore not able to offer the baby the nutrition required when developing during the 9 months of pregnancy. With a miracle, the baby was born healthy at a perfect weight of 2.7 kilograms and coincidentally on mother’s day 14th of May, 1939.
The child was named Gerardo Medina, a name inspired by Lina’s doctor who helped her through labour . The father’s identity still remains a mystery even to this day. What is sure is that Lina was another innocent young victim of sexual abuse. What is more horrifying is that this is still happening to this day.
Lina’s parents tried to offer her child and their grandchild a normal childhood by explaining to them as they grew up the relation between the two. It’s admirable that Lina’s parents protected her privacy and did not use Lina’s unique condition for financial gain.
Many researchers and doctors took a big interest in Lina’s case and therefore wanted to study her as well as her child. Lina’s parents once again refused as they wanted to offer Lina a normal childhood.
Lina is still alive and well today, at the proud age of 87. Not much is known about Gerardo Medina, nor throughout the last decades as the public had respected the privacy of the Medina family.
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has said that contrary to reports that the Federal Government is making plans to reopen schools, it is only making plans for students in exit classes to write exams.
Nwajiuba said this on Wednesday, during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. According to him, despite the shutting of schools as a result of the COVID-19, exams are critical for the academic progress of students.
He, therefore, stated that the ministry presented its concerns to the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and plans are only being made for those who choose to write these exams.
“We presented to the PTF and by extension, the Federal Government, the plans by examination bodies to hold their exams. The exams are critical for how children progress.
“We examined it and we felt that it is important to allow those examinations to take place but ahead of them taking place, it is important that those children who have not had the opportunity to revise their syllabus, should have an opportunity to go through that and have a revision class before the exams.
“Most people who can afford it are already saying they want to be at home and go to the exams from home, that is terrific.
“But we understand the limitations of the average Nigerian because not everybody can afford laptops and devices and so if there are people who do have this access and feel confident that their children are ready for the exams, well, we are not compelling anybody to go to any school.
“What we have done is make the facilities in our schools available,” he said.
“You all know that education is on the concurrent legislative list and we’ve asked that state government’s that own these schools, to provide places to wash hands, check the temperature of the children constantly, have sanitisers in place. Private schools should be able to provide that.
“It’s really not a compulsion, we are just making facilities available for those who want to take the exams”.
In May, the minister had said that the Federal Government was not ready to take the risk of reopening schools.
“Until we are sure that these children can go to school, return safely and not bring home with them, this COVID material, and infect people who are more susceptible to the disease than they are, then we are running a huge risk and god forbid that in our hurry, something happens to our children, I’m not sure how anybody will be able to retrieve what would have been lost.
So we are not taking that risk yet. We are going to prepare as much as possible, within the guidance that they (health authorities) offer us, working in conjunction with the World Health Organisation before we reopen schools”.
Implementation of the 774,000 Public Works to be put on hold until implementation modalities explained to NASS.
The National Assembly says it is concerned about the proper and effective implementation of the engagement of 774,000 Public Works Workers and wishes to restate its commitment to its success.
In line with its constitutional oversight function, the National Assembly says it has mandated its Committees on Labour and Productivity to immediately invite the Hon. Minister for Labour and Productivity and any other relevant officials of the Ministry to appear before the joint committee to brief it on the modality for the implementation of the engagement of 774,000 persons for public works.
According to a statement signed by spokesmen of the Senate and House of Reps, Senator (Dr.) Ajibola Basiru and Hon. Benjamin O. Kalu; NASS noted that the Legislature being important stakeholders in the democratic process, and elected representatives of the people, needed to be appraised of modalities for implementation for effective feedback to the constituents and in ensuring that the constituents optimally participate in and benefit from the process.
The National Assembly further noted that in view of the foregoing, the implementation of the programme shall be on hold pending proper briefing of the NASS by the Minister of Labour and Productivity.
“The National Assembly will ensure transparency of the process just as done with the National Social Register by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
Accordingly, the National Assembly reminds members of the public that the Legislature was part of the conception of the programme, approved it and appropriated funds for its implementation as part of the COVID 19 response strategy,” the communique read in part.
A middle-aged woman who was allegedly raped to coma in a farmland at Ebenebe in Awka North local government area of Anambra State by suspected herdsmen has reportedly died in her home state of Ebonyi.
The woman, whose name was given as Agnes Okekpe from Abakaliki local government area, was hired by a farmer in the community to harvest some crops in their farmland. While working in the farm in December 2019, two herdsmen who came with herds of cattle gang-raped her till she lost consciousness.
She was later taken to her state by her relations for treatment where she recently died.
President-general of Ebenebe, Mr. Paul Nnatuanya, while narrating the story, said the woman’s ordeal is no different from what his people have been experiencing, in addition to the destruction of farmlands by suspected herdsmen.
He said: “The information we got from Ebonyi State was that Agnes has died. After she was raped to coma, our people took her to the hospital where she was revived. She died as a result of the trauma she suffered.
“After she was discharged from the hospital, she travelled back to her place in Ebonyi State; perhaps, to continue treatment there.
“She didn’t continue with the business she came for.
“Her colleague who was able to escape said that before the rape, the herdsmen hit the woman with a log of wood, which made her weak and unable to raise the alarm.
“The herdsmen also took the money the woman tied on the her wrapper and it was the victim’s colleague who found her lying helplessly on the farm, that ran back to the town to alert the residents. When the villagers stormed the scene, she was already lying unconscious on the ground.”
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