{"id":74870,"date":"2020-07-15T16:37:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=74870"},"modified":"2020-07-15T16:37:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:37:32","slug":"we-must-all-rise-against-rape-gbajabiamila-says-nigerians-need-more-education-awareness-of-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/we-must-all-rise-against-rape-gbajabiamila-says-nigerians-need-more-education-awareness-of-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"We must all rise against rape – Gbajabiamila…says Nigerians need more education, awareness of rape"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has<\/div>\n
\n
said that both the leaders and the citizens in the country must rise
\nagainst rape.<\/p>\n

Gbajabiamila, who described the incidence of rape in the country as a
\npandemic, said every stratum of the society, including the media, has a
\nrole to play in the fight against the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Speaking when he granted audience to a delegation of the Movement
\nAgainst Rape and Sexual Violence (MARS-V) led by the wife of Kaduna
\nState governor, Hajiya Aisha Ummi el-Rufai, at the National Assembly on
\nWednesday, the Speaker said the statistics on rape cases in Nigeria “is
\nmind-boggling.”<\/p>\n

He said Nigerians, especially those that hold religious views on rape,
\nneed adequate education and awareness against the rape pandemic.<\/p>\n

“Whilst I see so many women here with you, this is a fight not just for
\nwomen. I can see some few men too, but this is a fight for all. Let a
\nsubliminal message be sent that even though over 95 per cent of the
\nvictims are women, let it be that it’s we, the men, that are championing
\nyour course.<\/p>\n

“The statistics are very alarming on the issue of rape. You hear figures
\nin terms of rape and gender-based violence that are mind-boggling. It’s
\nonly a deprived mind that can engage in rape. I consider the issue of
\nrape as a pandemic. In my estimation, it’s a pandemic.<\/p>\n

“The issue of rape should be treated the way Corona is treated. How do
\nwe treat a pandemic? There has to be a frontal onslaught. The media has
\na role to play. It should be in the front line. There’s a lot of work to
\nbe done from different angles.<\/p>\n

“In a pandemic, you look for cure. No sane man would have sexual
\nintercourse with a 3-month old baby. The idea alone is sickening,”
\nGbajabiamila said.<\/p>\n

The Speaker also said the Nigerian laws related to rape are weak, hence
\nthey would not deter people from engaging in the act, calling for
\nstiffer penalties for offenders.<\/p>\n

“As Muslims, we should educate our people that religion is about
\nperception, but there can only be one truth. It’s all about education
\nand awareness. We’ll continue to push hard. We’ll bring in our scholars
\nso that we all can be enlightened for the sake of humanity.<\/p>\n

“Some of our laws on rape are old and need review, like many of our
\nlaws. Some of the penalties need to be stiffer. The penalties need to
\ndeter, but they can’t deter because they’re weak. We need to look at all
\nthese things holistically.”<\/p>\n

Gbajabiamila also said he believed a lot of rape cases are not reported
\nas victims feel ashamed to speak out, calling on them to always come
\nforward and speak up as that is the only way more and more cases would
\nbe brought to public attention.<\/p>\n

With regards to financing, the Speaker urged the movement to make a
\npresentation in that regard to see what can be done in the 2021 budget
\nto be presented to the National Assembly in September.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Mrs el-Rufai drew the Speaker’s attention to the rising cases
\nof rape in the country, saying it was becoming alarming and that urgent
\naction needed to be taken.<\/p>\n

She said the current trend is a situation where “our women are raped to
\ndeath and butchered even in churches and mosques where God is
\nworshipped.”<\/p>\n

Their main reasons for visiting the Speaker, she said, were to seek his
\nhelp, ask questions, seek justice and challenge the status quo, noting
\nthat statistics have shown that 717 reported rape cases and 7,170
\nunreported ones occurred in Nigeria within five months.<\/p>\n

She said while over 7,000 lives have been brutalised, with some
\ndestroyed and others terminated, perpetrators of such heinous acts are
\nnot brought to justice even as the laws appear to the lenient.<\/p>\n

Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila with the Wife
\nof the Kaduna State Governor, Aisha Ummi El-Rufai who led the Movement
\nAgainst Rape & Sexual Violence ( MARS-V) to a courtesy visit to the
\nSpeaker over rising rape cases in the Country at the National Assembly
\non 15th July, 2020.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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