Police arraign Rivers school proprietress for allegedly assaulting 16-year-old student

The Rumuepirikom Police Division of the Rivers State Police Command, on Wednesday, Jun 10, arraigned Mrs Orjiugo Udeala, proprietress of Phronesis Nursery, Primary and Secondary School, located along NTA Road, Rumokwuta, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, before a Magistrate’s Court over the alleged assault of a 16-year-old male student of the school.

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According to the charge sheet obtained by Punch, the accused was charged with conspiracy and assault occasioning harm.

The first count of the charge reads: “That you, Orjiugo Udeala (female), and one other person now at large, on June 8, 2026, at Phronesis Nursery, Primary and Secondary School, NTA Road, Rumokwuta, Port Harcourt, within the Rumuepirikom Magisterial District, did c onspire among yourselves to commit a felony, to wit: assault occasioning harm, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 516(A) of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. II, Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria, 1999.”

The second count states: “That you, Orjiugo Udeala (female), and one other person now at large, on the same date and at the aforementioned location within the said Magisterial District, unlawfully assaulted one Gift Nwala Onyeche (male), aged 16 years and your student, by flogging him with a cane all over his body and inflicting a fist blow on his ear and head, thereby causing him harm and committing an offence punishable under Section 355 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. II, Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria, 1999.”

Udeala pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to her in court.

The presiding Magistrate, Charles Wobisike Akpeh, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum, who must be resident within the court’s jurisdiction.

The matter was subsequently adjourned to August 10, 2026, for further hearing.