Rape… A scourge refusing to abate
From time to time, the country erupts in protests against the incidence of rape. The crime, which increased during the Coronavirus lockdown, seems to be defying efforts to nip it in the bud, writeShe is just three. He is 70. Under normal circumstances, she should be like a great-granddaughter to him. But, he saw nothing of such and pounced on her to satisfy his sexual urge.
Statistics from the NBS state that 2,279 cases of rape and indecent assault were reported to the police in 2017. The Nigerian Correctional Service said 4,436 people were jailed for sex-related crimes in 2014.Mama Esther reported the case at the Mabushi police station. From there, the case was transferred to headquarters in Area 11.
The suspect was nabbed on Saturday by police operatives attached to the Choba Divisional Headquarters. “After hearing about the situation, the victim’s uncle reported the matter to the Choba Police Division, who arrested the man on Saturday. We hear that the matter has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department on Tuesday.”
Adamu said: “It has come to the public knowledge now that because of the COVID-19 restrictions, we have a surge in cases of rape and gender-based violence. These are cases that are now coming up, but we want to let members of the public know that, rape and gender-based violence has been there. The law enforcement agents have been dealing with these cases, in most cases, members of the public are not aware of the actions that the law enforcement agents have been taking.
The latest of the deaths was that of 21-year-old Grace Oshiagwu, a National Diploma 1 student of The Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State. Azeezat, a student of the University of Ibadan, got married about three years ago. Her pregnancy, the first since she got married, was seven-months-old. The assailants are yet to be identified at the time this report was filed.The mother-in-law, Mrs. Idiat Hamzat had visited her daughter-in-law, full of expectation that in a matter of weeks, she would welcome her grand-child but never knew that her joy had been truncated.
“Her mother-in-law who lives on the other street usually visits her. She visited that morning when she saw the late daughter-in-law. I went there and saw that she had been killed and we immediately went to the police station to report the incident. “The hoodlums used a big stone to smash her head. She was pregnant and would have been delivered of her baby soon.”
“We have to follow due process and the rule of law. Everybody you see is presumed innocent until there is sufficient evidence to apprehend. They are taking detailed steps to get to the root of it and I assure you that at the end of the day, we will come out with success,” Enwonwu said. He said: “The news got to me on that day through one of my chiefs who was living in that area, we quickly went to the place with my people where we saw the lifeless body of that lady lying on the ground.
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