Ebonyi State in South East Nigeria has recorded not less than 699 reported cases of rape within the last one year, chairman, Family Law Centre of the state, Mrs. Elizabeth Nwali, has disclosed.
Nwali made this known during a meeting of the wife of the state governor, Mrs. Josephine Elechi, with wives of chairmen of the 13 local government areas of the state and wives of Coordinators of the 64 Development Centres in the area held at the Governor’s Lodge, Abakaliki.
Nwali also shocked the meeting when she presented an eight-year-old girl child who was allegedly raped by two men in Ezza South local government council of the state.
She explained that incidents of rape were on the increase in the state noting that, “In 2013 it was 579 cases and now within this quarter of 2014 we have 120 cases”.
“The situation is so bad that they are not even discriminating between the children and the old ones as far as the child has female organ,” she stated.
The Family Law Centre boss said the case of the eight-year-old girl was reported to the police division at Onueke, headquarters of the Ezza South council but was not properly handled by the police hence the matter was taken up to the office of the wife of the governor, Mrs. Elechi.
Nwali revealed that Mrs.
Elechi had taken over the matter including the medical treatment of the girl
who could not explain her feeling to our reporter, as she only mopped with
restraints from crying.
Responding to series of cases of abuse of children and mothers including that of a woman who was chased out of her matrimonial home for giving birth to four girls, no boy child, the wife of the governor charged the wives of the council chairmen and Coordinators to be watchful, manage or report any cases of abuse of the children and mothers in their areas.
She expressed the determination of her office to ensure that the full wrath of the law would be meted out to those who abuse the rights of the women or their children.
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Sexual Violence – Walk Against Rape NigeriaResponding to series of cases of abuse of children and mothers including that of a woman who was chased out of her matrimonial home for giving birth to four girls, no boy child, the wife of the governor charged the wives of the council chairmen and Coordinators to be watchful, manage or report any cases of abuse of the children and mothers in their areas.
She expressed the determination of her office to ensure that the full wrath of the law would be meted out to those who abuse the rights of the women or their children.
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