Female Journalists Condemn Attacks On Female Legislative Boss In Rivers State

NIGERIAN Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Rivers State Chapter has condemned the brutal attack unleashed on female councillor Cynthia Nwala at the state secretariat, Rivers.

Recall that Mrs Cynthia Nwala was beaten, almost stripped and her car vandalised after she attempted to carry the mace of the house to her house, owing to fear of being impeached by thugs.

She claimed it was the Chief Security Officer, Prince Chinedu Onyeche, and the council Chairman, Obinna Anyanwu, who conspired to have her beaten and vandalised.

NAWOJ, in a statement signed by its chairperson, Mrs Susan Serekara- Nwikhana, described the attack as not only barbaric but an unpardonable assault on womanhood.

The NAWOJ boss said the association would not condone any act capable of demeaning womenfolk in society.
According to her, “looking at how the woman was assaulted, beaten to the point of being stripped naked is barbaric, condemnable and should not be treated with kids gloves.

“It is so painful to see a married man molesting and embarrassing another man’s wife in such a horrible manner and at the same time vandalising her car at the Etche Council Secretariat with thugs.

“We decided to issue this statement based on the information confirmed to NAWOJ by the victim, Rt. Hon. Mrs Cynthia Nwala that the Chief Security Adviser to the council chairman, Prince Chinedu Onyechi, acted based on the directives given to him by the Etche council boss, Hon. Obinna Anyanwu, shortly after the screening of the Special Advisers and Supervisory Councillors at the Etche Local Government Council, Okehi”, NAWOJ stated.

“We gathered the woman’s offence was just because she decided to go with the mace for security reasons as Councillor’s offices were dilapidated and presently under renovation.

Mrs Serekara-Nwikhana called on the civil society organisations, the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) and the Rivers State Police Command to rise up to the occasion and ensure that the Etche Local Government Council Chairman, Hon. Obinna Anyanwu and his Chief Security Adviser, Prince Chinedu Onyechi, face the full wrath of the law.

“Justice must be served appropriately irrespective of who is involved so as to serve as a deterrent to men who derive pleasure in assaulting, molesting and embarrassing women in our society”, NAWOJ insisted.