By Monsuru Olowoopejo & Amarachi Chukwudi
Lagos — GOVERNOR Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday, led celebrities and members of his cabinet to embark on an all male march against rape, child abuse and other domestic violence related cases, aimed at curbing the act in the state.
Ambode, however, urged security agencies and other agencies against domestic violence, to provide evidences against 11 individuals, who have committed the act, saying “they would be used as scapegoat.”
The march came barely few days after the state government disclosed that over 700 rape, child abuse and other domestic violence related cases were pending in court and that between June 2015 and May, this year, the state recorded a total of 4, 035 cases in related matters.
Ambode, who led the protesters after their arrival at the State House, was armed with placards such as, ‘LAS GIDI Men say no to abuse, violence against women’, ‘Women are not object respect and treat them right”, ‘Stop rape and abuse” among others.
Addressing other participants, the governor said the aim behind the search for the first 11 is to prosecute, even if they were influential residents, was to serve as deterrent to others.
According to him, “It is time we take the bull by the horn in tackling this menace of sexual and gender based violence in our society. There is also an evident trend of suppressing the voice of these victims due to the fact that these acts are perpetrated largely by men.
Earlier, the Coordinator of the DSVRT, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, explained that the reason for the walk was to enlighten the public on the need to end domestic violence in the state.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/ambode-leads-march-rape/
Lagos — GOVERNOR Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday, led celebrities and members of his cabinet to embark on an all male march against rape, child abuse and other domestic violence related cases, aimed at curbing the act in the state.
Ambode, however, urged security agencies and other agencies against domestic violence, to provide evidences against 11 individuals, who have committed the act, saying “they would be used as scapegoat.”
The march came barely few days after the state government disclosed that over 700 rape, child abuse and other domestic violence related cases were pending in court and that between June 2015 and May, this year, the state recorded a total of 4, 035 cases in related matters.
Ambode, who led the protesters after their arrival at the State House, was armed with placards such as, ‘LAS GIDI Men say no to abuse, violence against women’, ‘Women are not object respect and treat them right”, ‘Stop rape and abuse” among others.
Addressing other participants, the governor said the aim behind the search for the first 11 is to prosecute, even if they were influential residents, was to serve as deterrent to others.
According to him, “It is time we take the bull by the horn in tackling this menace of sexual and gender based violence in our society. There is also an evident trend of suppressing the voice of these victims due to the fact that these acts are perpetrated largely by men.
Earlier, the Coordinator of the DSVRT, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, explained that the reason for the walk was to enlighten the public on the need to end domestic violence in the state.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/ambode-leads-march-rape/
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