LASG Records 2,506 Cases Of Child Abuse In 11 Months

The Commissioner for Youths and Social Development, Olusegun Dawodu, has disclosed that the state recorded 2,506 cases of child abuse between January and November 2019.

Dawodu disclosed this in Alausa during a sensitization campaign to end violence against children.

According to him, of the 2,506 reported cases, child abuse has 389 cases of sexual abuse, 46 physical violations, 26 instances of sexual abuse, 26 domestic violence, 28 child neglects and 38 child abandonments.

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He added that there were eight lost but found children, 18 trafficked children, three children given out for adoption, eight multiple abuse cases and 82 cases of children in need of shelter.

“A total number of legal advices issued were 332, 95 judgments, 1110 cases of sexual offences pending in court and defilement cases pending in family court 36, among others.”

Dawodu, who decried the rate of child abuse in the state, said there were guidelines for sentencing, noting that punishment for sexual offenders is life imprisonment.

“These figures are not acceptable in the state. We cannot imagine our children being abused or defiled; every parent worry about their children, seek to protect and show them love. We as a government will do the responsibility of enforcement, but we need your support on information because that is what we need to act on.”