By Abdulgafar Oladimeji.
Women lawyers under the aegis of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA Kano branch have decried the continued increases in the number of rape cases been reported across the state.
The secretary FIDA, Kano branch, lamented during a public presentation on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence organized by Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, LACON, Kano office at an awareness campaign on access to legal services held at RiminKebe quarters in Ungogo local government
Barrister Amina alleged that the state is under the siege of worrisome activities alleged rapists.
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The FIDA scribe alleged a mounting number of rape cases have incited grumbling among folks, who have continued to raise alarm over the incessant cases of rape and domestic violence perpetrated in communities within the state, she said the development has made it mandatory for authorities and parents to wage a coordinated legal battle against the perpetrators of scourge alongside their accomplice.
She added that the menace has degenerated to have attracted the attention of friendly non-governmental agencies from within and outside Nigeria, stating that these volunteer groups have opted to join in the fight against rape, while calling of the people of Kano arise to and render support and to also engage in the mass campaign against all sorts of sexual violence.
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Barrister Amina said Povertyserves is one of the cardinal factors behind the exposure of children to their potential sexual violators.
“Parents send their children to hawk exposing these innocent children to danger, some parents are also careless since they do not distinct when and when not to send their wards on errands.
“Some parents do not bother to do a checklist of the quality of friends their children get associated with, even putting a cross-check on their children’s dress code has become a herculean task to some parents.
“Parents should learn to form a bond with their children to earn their trust, this helps to save these children from predators and also helps to extract information from them whenever these children fall victim, whereby helping to set the grounds to take measures that would lead to diligent prosecution of the perpetrators of sexual violence to cage the menace. Amina stated.
