Sodiq OyelekeOluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has advised the Federal Government to legalise the use of stun guns and pepper spray for females to defend themselves against rapists. Apart from a constitutional penalty against rapists, I want to charge the government to consider the legalisation of the use of stun guns and pepper spray by females as protective items against unapproved sexual attempts. “By that, the constitutional provision is a long term punishment while pepper spray and stun gun are short term defence measure. It must be checkmated through further constitutional legislations to invite sanity to our society and respect the dignity of Nigerian females. Legislators can come up with stricter legislation to protect the pride of Nigerian females and approve the use of defence items.

Source: Punch June 07, 2020 07:41 UTC