- Only 33 Convicted of rape in Over 11,000 cases in Nigeria
Two distraught and anguished young girls are presently asking how their fathers could have found them sexually attractive and even proceeded to have sexual intercourse with them so many times.
Meanwhile, the Federal government has just revealed that out of 11,000 rape cases, only 33 persons have been convicted.
One of the fathers, 62-year-old Kehinde Adeleke took his act a notch higher when he and his 19-year-old son, Ayomide allegedly gang-raped his biological daughter (a blood sister of Ayomide).
The young lady became pregnant in the process and the duo has been arrested by police operatives from the Gender Section of Lagos State.
The incident reportedly happened at Enelu Danisa Street, Ijeshatedo area of Lagos.
Likewise, 44-year-old Oluwafemi Oyebola has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command of the Nigeria Police for raping his own biological daughter (name withheld).
This was contained in a press statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer in Abeokuta. Oyebola was arrested following a complaint by his daughter who reported at Owode-Egbado divisional headquarters that her father has been forcefully having carnal knowledge of her since 2015 shortly after the demise of her mother.
She further reported that she got pregnant for her father three times and that her father took her to a nurse who aborted those pregnancies.
According to the young lady, the suspect did family planning for her so as not to get pregnant any longer.
On realising she was in danger, she ran from home and reported to an NGO ‘Advocacy For Children And Vulnerable Persons Network’ who took her to Owode-Egbado police station to lodge her complaint.
On interrogation after his arrest, the suspect made a confessional statement conceding that his daughter said the truth.
The matter got even more morbid when Reuben Azariah was arrested by police in Gombe State for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter on a grave. Azariah was said to have committed the act in their compound in Kaltungo council of the state.
Police spokesman Mahid Mu’azu Abubakar said Azariah was apprehended after a neighbour reported the alleged incident.
Also,, the daughter of one pastor Orekoya Emanuel of RCCG Wisdom Tabernacle Parish Lawanson, Lagos has alleged that her biological father has been sleeping with her for over two years with the knowledge of her mother.
In a video that has gone viral, the young girl is seeking the help of Nigerians to get justice.
In the meantime, the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has expressed concern that over 11,000 rape cases had been recorded in Nigeria with only 33 culprits convicted.
The minister said 401 of the cases were fatal, 592 were close while, and 3507 were open. Tallenspoke in Abuja at the orange ceremony and lighting of the UN house, which took place in commemoration of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.
She said harmful cultural stereotypes, failures of law enforcement to investigate rape cases, toxic misogyny and insufficient support for survivors had created a culture of silence and impunity that continued to fail hundreds of women and girls every year.
“Concrete actions have not been taken to tackle the rape crisis in Nigeria with the seriousness it deserves. Women and girls continue to be failed by a system that makes it increasingly difficult for survivors to get justice, while allowing perpetrators to get away with gross human rights violations,” she said.
Watch the video of the young lady calling for justice.
