Lagos—the
Lagos State government yesterday said no fewer than 200 rape and domestic
violence cases are currently being prosecuted in various High Courts in the
state, even as it declared zero tolerance for sexual violence in the state.
Meantime,
the government said 140 persons have been convicted for sexual offences and
recorded in a Sex Offenders’ Register created by the state government to shame
the convicts and serve as deterrent to others.
Coordinator
of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, Mrs.
Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi , who disclosed this in an interview with Vanguard on
the 16 days of activism declared by the United Nation to address gender
violence in the world which ends today, lamented that rape and domestic
violence is prevalent in four local governments of Ikeja, Alimosho, Mushin and
Lagos Island.
She
noted that the cases were discovered through direct contacts that is from field
works and through the dedicated emergency line.
She
however warned residents with the intention to perpetrate such acts should
visit the nearest counsellor for advice, saying “no perpetrator would be
spared.”
SOURCE:
VANGUARD
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