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.

Adesoye College     Shehu Jimoh     Iponrin     Ado Bayero     Aminat Ahmed     Talaka Parapo     Lateef Fagbemi     Baba Isale     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Aliyu Adebayo     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Lanre Jimoh     Afonja Descendants Union     Oyin-Zubair     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Quareeb Islamic Association     Third Estate     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Kwara North     Elesie Of Esie     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Yusuf Ali     Kwara NIPR     Ijakadi     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     ENetSuD     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Kanu Agabi     Elerinjare     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     UITH     Lawal Olohungbebe     Makama Of Kaiama     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Bolaji Aladie     Afetu Of Alabe     Saad Omo Iya     Kayode Issa     Ilorin Airport     Alimi     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Bareke     CUTI     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Moses Salami     Ubandoma     Saraki     Olatunde Michaels     Shuaib Olarongbe     Olusola Saraki     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Samuel Adedoyin     Onikijipa     Danladi     Roseline Oni Aremu     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Abdulrasaq Alaro     University Road     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Mike Omotosho     Ilesha-Baruba     Rasaq Jimoh     Ibrahim Oniye     KWIRS     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Ojo Fadumila     Mubarak Oladosu     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Afeyin-Olukuta     Ahmed    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Adeola Abraham     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Photo News     Aliyu Muhammed     Azeez Salawu     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     3MTT     Saad Omo\'ya     Aliyu Sabi     Sarah Alade     Buari Edun     Alagbado     Offa Metropolitan Club     Babs Iwarere     Mohammed Saidu     Sun Qing Rong     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Kazeem Gbolagade     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Tunde Saad     Olabimpe Olani     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Ekiti     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Monsurat Omotosho     Dumagi     Lanre Badmas     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Kolawole Akande     Nagode     Kwara State Football Association     20 Billion Bond     Ariyo     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Alabere     Oniyangi     Jimoh Bashir     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Mazars Consulting     Turaki Of Ilorin     TESCOM 2025     Eghe Igbinehi     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Afeyin-Olukuta     Firdaos Amasa     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     2023 Elections     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Ahmad Ali     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Yakub Ali-Agan     Oba Abdulrahim     Oni Adebayo     Ojo Fadumila     Toyin Falola     Christopher Odetunde     Edret Sabi Abel     Awwal Jawondo     Ilorin Durbar     MalHub     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Tosin Saraki     Agboola Babatunde     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Kola Bukoye     Usman Yunusa     Kamaldeen Gambari     Atiku     Read With Me     Hauwa Nuru     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Durbar Festival     Amule     Peter Obi     Olohungbebe     Iliasu