Opinion: Now, Its Clearer; Nigeria Hates Its Women!, By Chiamaka Okafor
To think there is a law in Nigeria that seeks to tackle this issue, yet many can hardly recall this ever being triggered into action, and towards justice and deterrence. Why are there many people above the law? At least if the incidence is growing and there is no concommitant rise in the numbers of prosecution, then something darkly unholy is thriving, which we all appear complicit in.
This is not a gender battle; it is a battle for humanity. This is about the human’s inhumanity to fellow humans. Socially, Nigeria detests its women. Statements like, “Women do not speak in the gathering of men”, still echo in different gatherings, both verbally and non-verbally. Women tend to get shut up in a gathering of men. They cannot be seen in front, otherwise they are considered as being too forward or trying to outshine the men.
Every day, somewhere in Nigeria, a female is being harassed in so many different ways. Top on the list is through RAPE, which is ever recurring.
Also: How did she not know he was a rapist? Seriously? Could it be because this is yet to be engraved on the foreheads of potential violators?!!! We all can certainly come together to do something serious about the menace of rape in our society. Recently, when the incidence of robberies spiked in Lagos, people rallied in different ways and put a stop to these, in a manner that has been largely successful till date. We can do the same with the alarming incidence of rape in our midst.
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