Femi Gbajabiamila on Friday unveiled plans to engage the 36 states Houses of Assemblies on the need for the domestication of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act and the Child Rights Act. He said: “My question has always been, first of all, why do we have this very significant uptick in cases of rape right now as opposed to in the past? Or is it just actually an uptick, with more cases of rape? “On Violence Against Persons Prohibition and Child Rights Acts and the domestication of both, I’m aware that about 27 states are yet to domesticate them. They also pleaded for intervention over reported cases of aiding and abetting by police officers, which oftentimes lead to mishandling of cases of sexual violence.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 06, 2020 06:22 UTC