Few days back, Some ladies were convicted by a mobile court for alleged prostitution in Abuja.
During a press conference held in Abuja on Thursday, May 2, 2019, seven women who were convicted by a mobile court for prostitution narrated how they were unfairly arrested, assaulted and even raped by law enforcement officers. They all spoke anonymously with their backs turned to the press.
Due to the unspeakable acts, Nigerian women and men has come out to protest against "Sex For Rape" by law enforcement officers in Abuja.
See photos and videos below;
The movement #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen #SayHerNameNigeria pic.twitter.com/PobtPlyCJw
— #SayHerNameNigeria (@MizzAina) May 4, 2019
How many women police go arrest?
— BlueprintAfric (@blueprintafric) May 4, 2019
How many men police go arrest?
How many lives police go end?
No amount of reform bill or law is going to put an end to police brutality and unlawful acts till the Nigerian govt. is properly analyzed.#blueprintafric#SayHerNameNigeria pic.twitter.com/9FUYcMpkGC
We will not be silenced!!! #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen #SayherNameNigeria pic.twitter.com/83PNCTctco
— #SayHerNameNigeria (@MizzAina) May 4, 2019
Police: No wedding ring and so you are a prostitute?
— abu dooshima (@AbuDooshima) May 4, 2019
Protesters: I don't have to be married before i can go to a club or hang out at night.
Nigerian authority must stop the raid on single girls. #SayHerNameNigeria #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen https://t.co/vPkMFymEK6
We match!!!
— Khalid,TheWakaholic (@dr_khalidz) May 4, 2019
STOP #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen. #SayHerNameNigeria pic.twitter.com/SfQv0ZAYAC
#AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen #StandtoEndRape #handsoffng#SexForBailIsRape #protectnoteape#SayHerNameNigeria #SayherNameNigeria pic.twitter.com/2PwrlJnG3v
— #JusticeForRapeInNigeria (@lusciousgemm) May 4, 2019
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