By UJA EMMANUEL, Makurdi

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has ordered a probe of allegations of sexual assault on female students of the Federal Science and Technical College, Otukpo, by a staff member.

Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Michael Gusa, told reporters:

“The governor has directed that this matter be officially incidented and forwarded to security agencies for proper investigation so that the culprits can be brought to justice.

“This is a threat to female children who are in the school, and for staff of such school to be assaulting them doesn’t speak well of our society and it doesn’t speak well of the future of the girl child.

“In compliance with the directive, we have written a complaint to the Commissioner of Police and the Director of the State Security Services to carry out a discrete investigation into the matter to ascertain the veracity of the allegation.”

It is the second time there will be an allegation of sexual assault of female students in the school.

A staff member had also been accused of raping a 16-year-old SSS 3 student. (The Nation)

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