EFCC operative batters, abandons lover over refusal to abort pregnancy

A teenager, who alleged that she had been abandoned after being impregnated by an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has appealed to authorities of the commission to intervene.

The pregnant teenager, Blessing Nwokpa, also alleged that effort to reach her estranged lover (names withheld) earned her a beating at the commission’s office in Ikoyi, Lagos.

The 19-year-old claimed that the operative took advantage of her homelessness to put her in the family way, only to abandon her when it mattered most.

Trouble, as gathered, started after Nwokpa who worked as a canteen attendant at the Awolowo Road, Ikoyi office of EFCC, had accommodation problem. She was compelled to be sleeping in the canteen, when her lover reportedly offered to give her shelter.

Her story

According to the expectant mother, who is currently in the custody of the Legal Aids Council, “I was staying with my brother when I left Enugu for Lagos. He found the canteen job for me.

“At a point he had accommodation problem and I was sleeping in the canteen when the EFCC man said I could be sleeping in his house until my brother get another apartment.

“I accepted without thinking of the impossible. But at night he would lure me into having sex with him until I became pregnant without knowing.

“When I eventually discovered I was pregnant, I told him and his attitude towards me changed. He gave me N18,000 to abort the pregnancy but I refused. When he discovered I was still keeping the pregnancy, he started beating me and threw my things out of his apartment.

“He beat me to a pulp when I went to his office to request for money for ante-natal. Some of his senior colleagues rescued me,” adding that she was sacked at the canteen because of her pregnancy.

Legal Aids intervenes

She was reportedly directed to the Legal Aids Council where she lodged the complaint.

Attempt by the council to make peace between the duo failed as the EFCC officer did not show up when invited.

The teenager said all she needed was for the EFCC operative to take responsibility of the pregnancy and not necessarily to marry her.

Efforts to reach the concerned EFCC officer on his mobile phone failed as it was switched off. Sources at the commission said that the matter was a private one.