Beware! Rape of minors on the increase — NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has raised the alarm over the increasing cases of rape in the country, stressing that most of the recently reported incidents involved the defilement of minors by adults.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof Ben Angwe, who made the observation in Abuja also urged the Police High Command to be more vigilant in their investigations with a view to bringing the culprits to book.
Receiving the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, John Kennedy Opara who paid a courtesy visit to the NHRC yesterday, Angwe, said there was the need for religious organizations and the Christian Pilgrims Commission to cooperate with the right body in its quest towards ensuring that perpetrators of such heinous crime are prosecuted and jailed.
Angwe said: “I wish to condemn in very strong terms the increasing cases of rape in the country especially the defilement of minors. Just last week, it was reported that a girl of eight years was allegedly raped to death by unknown persons in Ikot Ekang, Etinan Local Government Area of Akwa-Ibom State.
”I wish to call on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar to commence an immediate investigation into the case in question and other related matters to ensure the perpetrators are brought to book”.
While calling on the Akwa-Ibom State office of the NHRC to also commence immediate investigation into the matter, Prof. Angwe, implored parents and guardians to cooperate with the Commission by always feeling free to report rape cases involving their wards, saying some times, parents themselves, scuttle effort by security and law enforcement agents to conduct full scale investigation on such rape cases.
Source: Vanguard
