Sexual assault referral centre records 108 cases in Kafanchan in 2020
Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State has within January and February 2020 recorded 108 cases of sexual assault.
The centre manager, Mrs Grace Abbin on Friday, said, the breakdown of the figure showed that, of the 108 cases, 19 were rape cases. 219 sexual assault cases were recorded in 2019 when the centre was opened by the state government. “When we started, very few people were coming. It was around October 2019 after we had gone to schools, places of worship and the rest that people started turning out in their numbers to make reports.
Her words: ” those affected are mostly women and children, noting that many of the cases are still in court, with four convictions secured in 2019.
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