It is no longer news that rape is on the increase. What makes it so worrisome is the fact that underaged children are mostly the targets, As a result of the stigma attached to rape and segxwal molestation, many victims don't come out to report the incidents.
However, some have had the courage to speak on their ordeal.
Below are some accounts of the victim's experiences in the hand of these beastly men.
I had a daughter for my rapist’ – C. A. (20 years old)
How did it happen?
He called me the second day to ask how I was feeling. After a couple of days, he called again. I was on my way to UNILAG to meet a friend. He said he was going to UNILAG also. That we should go together. I waited for him and we took a bus to UNILAG. When we got to Abule Oja, he said he wanted to see a friend that we should go together.
So, I followed him. We got to his friend’s place, he introduced him and the friend said he wanted to get him what he came to collect. That was how his friend left the house. The rapist went to buy me a drink. I declined but he started persuading me to drink it. I insisted I was not going to drink. I was surprised when he brought out a knife and insisted I should drink it.
I took the drink and that’s all. I woke up to realize that I had been raped and the guys were nowhere to be found.
Did you go for medical checkup?
Why didn’t you tell anybody?
What happened there after?
I wanted to get rid of the pregnancy but my mother stopped me. She had a dream that I passed on. My sister also had the same dream. So, I kept the pregnancy. I gave birth to a baby girl almost two years ago.
‘I was raped in one-chance encounter’ – C. O. (25 years old)
How did it happen?
How many people in the bus?
Did you tell anybody?
Rape cases should be taken very seriously because in Nigeria, culprits don’t get prosecuted because the victim must prove she was raped. In most cases, the way prosecutors treat the case usually discourage victims from going on with the case. Most of them drop the case along the way.
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