The South East Human Rights Situation Room has condemned in strongest terms, the dehumanizing abuse, and stripping naked of a poor widow by the youths of
DAILY POST learnt that the incident occurred on Thursday 28th October 2022, in the community.
“In the trending video also shared in the South-East Human Rights Situation Room by a member of the forum, the woman was seen beaten to a stupor, stripped naked, and paraded in the community like a common thief. This barbaric act is dehumanizing, satanic, and a violation of the human rights of this poor widow.
“The SE Human Rights Situation Room reiterates that any cultural practice that is anti-human, is in conflict with the constitution of the Federation Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law of Enugu State 2019, and the Widowhood Law of Enugu, and also repugnant to natural justice.
“The traditional ruler and the cabinet members of the Agunese Afam-Mmaku Autonomous community should take urgent steps to check the excesses of their subjects, so as to prevent a repeat of such injustices against women. “It is our earnest desire as a group that communities and law enforcement agencies continue to raise the accountability stakes, and take proactive actions to protect the poor, and the vulnerable members of our society such as the woman in the viral video.
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