Egemba was arrested last week after a video recorded by the victim’s school teacher went viral.

The video showed the degree of injury allegedly inflicted on the minor by the accused.

Concerned Nigerians led by a social media influencer, Darlington Ibekwe, an activist journalist, Chidiebube Okeoma, and others which included representatives from National Human Rights Commission and Joy Onuoha from Vulnerability and Rights Project Initiative, arrested the accused, took the minor to Imo Specialist Hospital Umuguma and championed the advocacy for her welfare.

The minor had been treated and discharged from the hospital after Nigerians came to her rescue including the state chapter International Federation Of Women Lawyers.