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FG Reveals What Will Happen To Rape Apologists
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), an agency of the federal government, has read a riot to those implicitly or explicitly justifying rape.
Director-General (DG) of the agency, Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, warned Nigerians to desist from rationalising rape or get arrested as suspects.
Okah-Donli, while fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, disclosed that 90 per cent of rape cases were committed by uncles, fathers and relations.
She queried parents for not doing enough to take care of their wards and children.
She noted that many careless acts by parents are responsible for rape cases across the country.
She, therefore, said that the agency would approach the Ministry of Justice to push for the establishment of special court to try rapists.
Okah-Donli also called for life imprisonment instead of capital punishment for convicted rapists, adding that there was need to educate Nigerians, especially neighbours on rape issues.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the agency’s toll-free lines to call during distress, especially as it concerns rape are – 07030000203, 0802255627847 and 08077225566.
The NAPTIP boss said that cases could also be reported on social media platforms such as the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, among others.
She, however, said that there was no national template of victims’ trauma response to share pain, adding that the duration of psychological trauma varies from individuals.
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