Police in Kwara prosecute 20 alleged rape cases in 6 months

Date: 2020-09-14

The Police Command in Kwara says it has prosecuted 20 alleged rape suspects within the last six months.

Mr Ajayi Okasanmi, Police Public Relations Officer of the command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin that the alleged rape cases happened between February and August.

SP Okasanmi, who spoke on the sideline of a round-table meeting organised by the International Women Communication Centre (IWCC) to discuss gender issues and accountability, said that the command was not handling cases of rape with levity.

The police spokesman, who presented a paper on the role of security agencies in the prevention of Gender Based Violence (SBV), told NAN that the command was rated high in the country handling of sexual offences.

"I can tell you that Kwara is rated high in the country in the issue of fighting rape and other gender based violence.

"In the recent time, we have charged more than 20 people to court over this issue of rape.

"Before, people tend to compound the issue of rape based on the fact that we are family; he is my cousin; we are from the same community. "So, we encourage ladies who have suffered indecent assault to report it

"Ordinary touching of a lady on an improper part of the body, should be reported because from there, it can graduate to any other thing.

"So we are not taking it lightly and the Commissioner of Police is strongly against such occurrences," he said.

Okasanmi said victims of gender based violence have to know that it was a criminal offence, hence the need to report to the police appropriately.

He added that the era of marital maltreatment was over as any husband found beating his wife or children would not be spared.

According to him, a unit has been created at every state police command to handle the case of gender based violence.

"Initially in those days, you see people beating their wives and children mercilessly and at the end of the day, they tell you she is my wife and I paid her dowry.

"But now, people are aware of the crime and the police being the law enforcers know it is a crime whether it's your wife or husband," Okasanmi said.

He asserted that with the current rate of help from gender based organisations, the issues of violence against women and children would soon become a thing of the past.

(NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Moro     Idofin     Kolawole Akande     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Ajike People Support Centre     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Alanamu     Ojuekun     Kale Belgore     Ilesha-Baruba     Ajasse-Ipo     CCB     Yahaya Seriki     Rachael Obisesan     Kunle Akogun     Isiaq Khadeejah     National Broadcasting Commission     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Aliyu Alhassan     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Saheed Popoola     Segun Adeniyi     Olatunji Ayeni     Student Learning Support Helpline     Tunji Ajanaku     Baboko Primary School     Kwara 2015     Ganmo     Risikat Lawal     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Oke Sunna     John Obuh     Bamidele Adegoke     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     IHS Towers     Abdulwahab Ololele     Na\'Allah     Adebayo Salami     John Olobayo     20 Billion Bond     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Niyi Ogundiran     College Of Education     Yeketi     Alagbado     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Ilorin Muslim Community     Plat Technologies     Saliu Ajia     Kayode Ishola     Wahab Egbewole     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Musa Abdullahi     Isin     Sanusi Abubakar     Oloriegbe     AbdulGafar Tosho     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Bola Olukoju     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Ebola     Emir Of Lafiagi     Hakeem Idris     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Funmilayo Braithwaite     GAMA     Sidikat Akaje     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Rueben Parejo     Kwara United     Kamaldeen Kehinde     TETFUND     Wasiu Onidugbe     Eruku     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abioye Bello     Ijagbo     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Ileloke     Kunle Suleiman     Mumeen Lah     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     School Of Nursing     Durosinlohun Kawu     Amina El-Imam     Arca Santa     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Revenue Court     Bello Oyebanji     Awili Pedro     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Suleman Abubakar     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Laolu Saraki     Eleja Taiwo Banu     VADA     Iyabo Adewuyi     University Road     Ballah     Kola Olota     Kayode Oyin Zubair     College Of Education     Folaranmi Aro     Kwara Hotel     Ijagbo Health Centre     Dauda Adesola     Ayinke Saka     Olosi Of Osi     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Alaro     Paul Odama     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Lawan     Dogara     Abdulhakeem Amao     Democracy Day     Gbemi Saraki     Oyedun Juliana Funke     The Herald     Taofeek Sanusi     Ahmad Lawan     Park     Olabode George Towoju     Alagbado     National Party Of Nigeria     Bayer AG     Wale Oladepo     Gambari     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     New Naira Notes     Shade Omoniyi     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Abdulkareem Alabi     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Titus Ashaolu     Clement Yomi Adeboye     EndSARS     Buari Edun     Amule Elementary School     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Olatunji Ibrahim     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Bareke     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Moses Rahman Popoola     TIC