They were ordered to appear before the House after the House had received a letter from the Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs, Mrs. Blessing Agba, who prayed the House to intervene and take prompt action to unravel those behind the despicable act.
We earlier reported that five students of ABSU subjected a female student to a marathon rape, leaving the girl helpless and completed their animalistic act by uploading same to the internet, thus making a movie of the century downloaded by about two million people across the world. The incident was greeted by outrage from across the globe.
Since the incident became public knowledge, the Abia State government has held that it did not happen in the state, but the Minister of Youth Affairs, Mobolaji Abudllahi, told newsmen in Lagos that the gang rape took place in an off campus hostel in Uturu, though the girl was not from the institution.
He said one of the rapists has been 'identified conclusively,' giving hope that there would soon be a breakthrough in nabbing those that carried out the criminal act.
Abia State government's position was said to have been predicated on reports it got from the authorities of ABSU and the police.
Vice Chancellor of ABSU, through the Dean of Student Affairs, Udo Nwokocha, had denied that the students were from ABSU and the venue of the hot rape was not anywhere near God's own university.
However, unfolding revelations may have forced the state to push for a thorough investigation into the matter as names of the alleged rapists were released online.
On his part, Abia police commissioner has been quoted as lamenting that there was no breakthrough in its investigations into the matter because the victim was yet to formally report the incident to the police.
Hassan said the girl was needed to come to the police to help in identifying the rapists whose faces were not seen in the horrendous act.
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