Rape Pandemic: Protests rock Lagos, Abuja over rising rape cases, sexual assault against women

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Group of protesters on Friday stormed the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, and police command in Lagos to protest the rising spate of rape, sexual violence, assault against women, incest in the country.

Unanimously, they demanded that there should be declaration of state-of-emergency on gender-based violence in the country.

The protesters who demanded justice for the rape and killing of Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, Miss Bello Barakat and other victims in the country, called on the police and other security agencies to devise effective strategies to checkmate the rising cases of sexual assault in Nigeria.

 

 


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