“Already we have an existing Act, but the problem is lack of domestication of the law.”
It, therefore, sought the domestication of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act 2015 in states for rapists to face severe punishment for their action.
It clarified that “consent can be incorrectly obtained where it is obtained: by force/threats/intimidation; by means of false and fraudulent representation as to the nature of the act, by the use of substances capable of taking away the will of that person; by a person impersonating a married woman’s husband in order to have sex.
She called for an aggressive media campaign to stem the tide as well as speedy dispensation of justice to protect the vulnerable.
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