EDITORIAL: Nigeria should fiercely fight rape epidemic
THE recent gruesome death of two female students within a space of days in the hands of murderous rapists has cast a cold light on how badly females are treated in Nigeria. It is an ugly trend depicting the mushrooming cases of sexual assault across the country.
Outrage has continued to grow over these heinous crimes, but beyond public rage, the worrying question is: who is the next victim? Every girl or woman now lives in fear, as nobody knows who the next casualty would be. This is because the government has failed to check the rising cases of violence against women.
Generally, rape is defined as unlawful sexual act without the consent of one of the parties involved. The Metropolitan Police of the United Kingdom defines it as a person’s intentional penetration of “another’s vagina, anus or mouth with a penis, without the other person’s consent.” Although people rarely talk about it, there is also another dimension to rape, which involves male victims.
Here in Nigeria, the story is not different. Rape, quite often, is treated with levity. Many victims prefer to suffer the indignity in silence because of the stigmatisation that comes with it and the societal indifference. The few that summon the courage to report rape are soon discouraged when the police that should act decisively in their favour decide to trivialise the issue.
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