HUNDREDS of women under the auspices of Abujamoms on Saturday stormed the streets Abuja in protest walk against rising cases of child molestation in the country. The women mostly mothers from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs, said they were moved into the protest walk, to demand justice for rape victims as well as an end to the menace of child molestation in Nigeria. They carried placards with various inscriptions: “The child is the victim, no matter your excuse”, “Stop the silence, end child molestation”, “Shatter the silence, report molesters,” among others. She noted that walk which commenced from Unity Fountain, Abuja, was the first edition and that members would hold firm to it in order to see that child molestation is brought to an end or reduce to the barest minimum. She said: “Abujamoms with about 32,000 members, saw the necessity to organize this walk against child molestation as there was a constant increment of incidents of children being molested all over the country.

Source: Nigerian Tribune March 16, 2019 11:48 UTC