The Senate on Tuesday condemned the spate of increased violence against young girls in the country and called for the immediate investigation into the matters, arrest perpetrators for their trial. Tribune Online reports that the Senate also in its resolutions called on the State Houses of Assembly to amend the penal and criminal code to make the penalties for rape and sexual assault stiffer so as to deterrent to perpetrators. President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, also strongly canvassed for stiffer penalty perpetrators on rape in the country. We have to save our future, and these girls and women are the future of this nation,” the Senate President said. Currently, the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act prescribes life imprisonment for a convict of rape crime.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 02, 2020 17:39 UTC