63 CSOs threaten legal action over violation of women in Abuja night club

 About 63 women organisations, activists, scholars and human rights organisations have threatened to take legal action against violation of rights of over 100 women who were allegedly assaulted, humiliated and sexually harassed at an Abuja night club last week.

Agents of the Federal Capital Territory Administration(FCTA), Joint Task Team had raided a night club on April17 and 26 in Abuja and arrested several women, who were allegedly assaulted and sexually harassed. Some were raped, leaving injuries in their private parts and psychologically traumatised.

In a statement through one of the CSOs, Alliance for Africa, the coalition said the women were brutally dragged out by male officers who beat them and some women were stripped naked, adding that the victims suffered the treatment because they were women and the officers were confident that they can get away with it.

“We were further shocked by the reports that a mobile court at the old parade ground in Area 10, Abuja on the afternoon of April 29, convicted many of these women in unfair trials and some of them were sentenced to prison or fined for an offence that is unknown to law.”