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No fewer than 25 rape cases were recorded in Enugu State from January to March 2021, the Centre Manager, Tamar Sexual Assault Referral Centre (Tamar SARC), Mrs Evelyn Onah, said.<\/div>\n
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\nOnah disclosed this on Saturday in an interview With Newsmen in Enugu.<\/p>\n

She said that 31 cases of attempted sexual assault and five Gender Based Violence (GBV) were also recorded within the same period.<\/p>\n

She said that some of the cases involved minors as well as adults within the ages of five, 24 and 22.<\/p>\n

The centre manager disclosed that an 88-year old woman was recently raped by a 22-year old boy at Nsukka.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe boy was later apprehended and is currently in police custody,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said that a yet to be identified man in April raped a 47-year-old woman who was returning from a church programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust last week, we received a report that\u00a0 a 22-year-old girl was gang-raped while another 14-year-old girl was also raped on her way to the stream.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suspects were all arrested and will be charged to court,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Onah attributed the surge in incidences of rape in the state to rise in social vices and economic hardship in the country.<\/p>\n

According to her, the incidences of rape has increased because many residents are idle while some are doing it as part of their lifestyle.<\/p>\n

She, therefore, urged the youth to engage themselves on more productive and\u00a0 positive activities that would take off their mind from crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cStop intimidating the weak with your power but use such powers to protect them so that the society can gain something from you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Onah said that the greatest challenge to the onslaught against incidences of rape was the fact that most families, sometimes, abandon such cases in the court because of shame and to protect their name.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome will even collect as low as N10,000 to settle out of court because of poverty in the land,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Onah urged survivors of rape to always speak out than to remain in silence.<\/p>\n

Recall that Tamar SARC was set up by Enugu State Government to support GBV survivors with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Pathfinder International.<\/p>\n

The centre offers free medical, counselling and other support services\u00a0 to the victims and survivors of GBV in the state and beyond.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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