Women group protests rising rape of babies, children

By Dennis Agbo

ENUGU — THE Women Situation Room Nigeria has protested the rising incidences of rape and defilement  of babies and children in Nigeria, saying the situation has become alarming.

Protesting in Enugu State capital, yesterday, the group decried the obvious lack of persecution of rapists and defilers.

The women carried placards to the Government House, the state Ministry of Gender Affairs as well as to the state House of Assembly, where they submitted their protest letter.

Some of their placards read: “Say  No to Rape; Stop Rape and Child Abuse; The Safety of our Women and Children is our Priority; We want Justice; say No to Violence against Women.”

They said rape and defilement have far reaching effects on the survivors and victims’ families and urged the state government to domesticate law against rape .

Leader of the group in Enugu, Oluchi Eze, said the Women Situation Room Nigeria, in partnership with Alliance Against Domestic Violence and Abuse, AADVA, facilitated the Sit-Out protest.

Eze noted that the recent defilement and death of a 14-year-old girl necessitated the protest, which she disclosed took place in nine states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The state Commissioner for Gender Affairs, Princess Peace Nnaji, told the protesters that she had pushed for passage of Child Rights Acts when she was in the House of Representatives, promising to do same in the state.

Nnaji stated that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and his wife, Monica, have worked for protection of women and children through the domestication of the Child Rights Act in the state.

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