Network (CPN) says more
than 15 children have been
raped between January and
Februrary in Gombe State.
Mrs. Fatima Birma, the Legal
Adviser of the Network in the
state, disclosed this in an
interview in Gombe on
Wednesday.
Birma said that most of the
victims were between the
ages of six and 14.
“Rape is becoming
something else in the state,
the Society and other people
need to stand up and do
something about it, because
just from January to February
now we have more than 15
cases of rape. When you look
at them just small children
from the age of 9,6, 14 – just
children.”
She said the widespread
cases of rape in the state had
reached the level that needed
people to embark on prayer
in the Mosques and
Churches.
“We need to go back to God,
and to preach those things
in our mosques, in our
churches and to talk about it
seriously to the followers,
because the rate at which it
is going is beyond our
thinking.
“You can imagine a two year
old being raped by forty
something years old what do
you say to that.”
Birma further called on
parents to report any case of
rape to the police and even
go to court to seek redress.
“Parents should make sure
that they go to the court;
they should report the
matter to the police and the
appropriate things to be
done, should be done, like
going to the hospital,
examining the child
immediately.”
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