An Abuja-based non-profit organisation, the Clans Club International, has said the death penalty or life in prison will not be too harsh a punishment for rapists.
Spokesperson for the group, which focuses on humanitarian issues, Abundance Effiong, said this at a media briefing, in Abuja, on Friday.
Effiong said members of the group were disappointed that in spite of the increasing rate of sexual violence especially against women, many states of the federation have refused to domesticate the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act. “We are calling on the National Assembly, we are calling on the Federal Government, we are calling on the judiciary – they should take this issue of rape so seriously. Imagine your sister being raped, imagine your mother being raped. We even see people raping little children but what are the authorities doing about it?
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