The Ogun State government said on Thursday that the state records 15
cases of rape and other sexually-related offences on weekly basis.
The
Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of
Justice, Adesola Shobayo, made the disclosure while speaking with
journalists in her office in Abeokuta.
Mrs. Shobayo said the rate at
which abuse of minors and other related offences were fast increasing in
the state had become worrisome.
She explained that the best way to
check the problem was to review the criminal law by fast-tracking the
legal process and imposing stiffer sanctions in order to deter culprits.
“I don’t know why rape cases are so common these days. It is fast becoming a big problem in the state.
“We
now record no fewer than 15 cases of rape in a week. My own attitude to
these problems is to review our criminal law as it affects defilement
and other sexual offences.
“Also, government at all levels should come up with stiffer punishments so as to deter culprits totally from it,” she said.
Speaking
further on the protection of children rights in the state, the
permanent secretary revealed that the Amended Child Rights Law was
already being implemented in the state.
According to her, the present
administration in the state was doing all within its capacity to
promote, and preserve the rights of children between the ages of one and
18 years.
She explained that the government of the state detested any action tending to infringe on the rights and privileges of children.
Mrs.
Shobayo said government would not condone any form of violation against
them and would not hesitate to punish anyone found culpable.
She
said the ministry of justice also provides legal support to indigent
people in society through the Citizens Right Department, CRD, by
defending them in civil and criminal cases.
Source:
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