The
Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Justice,
Adesola Shobayo, made the disclosure while speaking with journalists in her
office in Abeokuta.
Mrs.
Shobayo said the rate at which abuse of minors and other related offences were
fast increasing in the state had become worrisome.
She
explained that the best way to check the problem was to review the criminal law
by fast-tracking the legal process and imposing stiffer sanctions in order to
deter culprits.
“I don’t
know why rape cases are so common these days. It is fast becoming a big problem
in the State.
“We now
record no fewer than 15 cases of rape in a week. My own attitude to these
problems is to review our criminal law as it affects defilement and other
sexual offences.
“Also,
government at all levels should come up with stiffer punishments so as to deter
culprits totally from it,” she said.
Speaking
further on the protection of children rights in the state, the permanent
secretary revealed that the Amended Child Rights Law was already being
implemented in the state.
According
to her, the present administration in the state was doing all within its
capacity to promote, and preserve the rights of children between the ages of
one and 18 years.
She
explained that the government of the State detested any action tending to
infringe on the rights and privileges of children.
Mrs.
Shobayo said government would not condone any form of violation against them
and would not hesitate to punish anyone found culpable.
She said
the ministry of justice also provides legal support to indigent people in
society through the Citizens Right Department, CRD, by defending them in civil
and criminal cases.
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