Ortom renames Ochanya's former primary school after her
The governor has decided to rename Ochanya's former primary school after her.
Elizabeth Ochanya Ogbanje, the victim of her uncle and his son before her death at 13, from VVF and complications from consistent rape
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The governor made the announcement in Makurdi, the state capital, on Wednesday, November 14, 2018.
He disclosed that Ogene Amejo in Okpokwu local government area, where Ochanya was a student, will be renamed after her.
"We shall provide all instructional materials for the school and name it after her," he said.
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Ochanya died on October 18 after years of sexual abuse perpetrated by her uncle, AndrewOgbuja, and his son, Victor, a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi. The 13-year-old died of vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) and other health complications at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi.
Before her death, she narrated how Victor first raped her when she was eight, a crime that was eventually brought to Andrew's attention who also started sexually abusing her afterwards. She was molested, defiled, drugged and abused for a period of five years.
Ochanya had left her family to start living with the Ogbujas in Ugbokolo town in 2013 because there was no school in her village.
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