PORT HARCOURT – The owner of Phronesis Nursery, Primary and Secondary School, Mrs. Orjiugo Udeala, has appeared in front of a magistrate court in Port Harcourt following accusations of assaulting a 16-year-old pupil.
Udeala appeared in court on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, before the Rumuepirikom (Kala) Police Division under the Rivers State Police Command, facing two charges related to conspiracy and causing injury through assault.
As per the document labeled REMC 94C/2026 and authored by CSP Ahmed Abubakar Umar, the accused together with an individual who remains at large are said to have planned, on June 8, 2026, at the School situated on NTA Road, Rumokwuta, within the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, to carry out an attack resulting in injury.
The prosecutor added that Udeala and her co-conspirator illegally attacked a 16-year-old pupil named Gift Nwala Onyeche, beating him with a stick and striking his ears and head, resulting in physical injury.
They further revealed that these offenses are subject to penalties outlined in Sections 516(A) and 355 of the Criminal Code, Chapter 37, Volume II, Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria, 1999.
The accused woman declared her innocence when the allegations were presented in court.
In the meantime, Presiding Magistrate Charles Wobisike Akpeh has approved bail for the accused person amounting to ₦100,000, along with one guarantor also in the same amount, who needs to live within the court's area of authority.
However, Akpeh postponed the case until August 10, 2026, for additional proceedings.
Our reporter learned that an activist group called Lawyers Watch for Justice International Initiative has been monitoring the case closely, starting from the initial stages of the police investigation through to the defendant's appearance in court.
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