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Davido’s PLM, Israel, advises Ladies to carry pepper spray the way they carry vibrators around
An associate of Davido Music Worldwide, Israel has advised ladies to move around with pepper spray to prevent rape.
Israel stated this amid cries from Nigerians against the recent trend of rape and murder with the three victims counted already.
“Pepper spray is still the best rape prevention tech. Ladies should always carry it along in their bag, the same way they go along with vibrators, postinor 2, lipstick, phone charger and the rest”, he stated
Meanwhile, it has been reported that Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwoland advised the Federal Government to legalise the use of stun guns and pepper spray for females to defend themselves against rapists.
The monarch, in a press statement by his press secretary, Alli Ibraheem, urged the government to consider other means of tackling rape apart from punishing rapists.
He said, “The reported cases of raping is alarming and call for a serious concert by responsible stakeholders. Apart from a constitutional penalty against rapists, I want to charge the government to consider the legalisation of the use of stun guns and pepper spray by females as protective items against unapproved sexual attempts”.
June 9, 2020
Igbo rapper Zorro allegedly accused of rape
Igbo rapper, Zorro, joins the list of alleged rapists as a lady accuses of raping her.
This is coming after a lady took to micro blogging platform, Twitter to accuse him of raping her.
The lady with the handle “Mystic_sweetness” alleged Zoro raped her in his friend’s house in the Magodo area of Lagos on April 20th, 2015.
I just thought I should share this…. @zoroswagbag in April 20th 2015, at your friend’s house in Magodo CMD road, I followed my sister to come visit your friend(KOKO) whom you were squatting with then, and you asked me out which I told you I will think about it, after an hour of just meeting you, you called me into your room because you claimed you wanted to talk to me in private, how gullible I was to think it was just going to be a decent conversation with you, when I got into your room, you started forcing yourself on me to have sex with me, after struggling with you for over 30mins you overpowered me and raped me!!! You are a rapist! And I’m done struggling with the trauma and pain you put me through” She wrote on Thursday June 4″ She wrote…
She also shared another post on Friday, June 5, claiming Zoro’s manager reached out to her and is trying to intimidate her. She shared her alleged chats with Zoro’s manager on her Instagram page and wrote
”So this morning, @zoroswagbag manager sent me a dm, and this was our conversations, he is trying to intimidate me and make me keep quiet, but I’m sorry I have been quiet for 5yrs and I won’t be anymore, you caused me pains and trauma and at the same time you want to shut me down! @zoroswagbag I dare you to deny my claims! You did it and you know this!”
June 6, 2020
Lady opens up on being raped by D’banj
A Twitter user identified as @seyitannn_ has narrated how she was raped in a hotel room by singer D’banj.
She opened up on the ordeal after she was angered to see D’banj advocate against rape in Nigeria.
She wrote: “I was invited for an all white party at Eko Atlantic(splash off)which was an all night party on the 30th of December 2018, by franklin Dbanj ex manager at that time and I went with my friend then named Laide.
“When I got to the party I met a girl at the party named Oyin,who was with a guy who happens to be Dbanj’s friend. she asked who I came with I told her the person I came with already left.
“When I was leaving oyin and I exchanged number and she asked where I was lodged I told her Glee hotel in VI, and she said it was the same hotel she was lodged and I asked her if she could drop me off she said that wasn’t a problem.
“On getting to the hotel,Oyin called me when I got to my room. and told me dbanj saw me at the party and he wanted to be with me for the night and I was offered a sum of money but i bluntly refused because I wasn’t interested.
“So I slept off within 5/6am and pls note (I’m a naked sleeper) and woke up and found Dbanj in my room already,and I asked him what he was doing in my room he didn’t say a word and asked if I was a baby and started fingering me,
“I went ahead to threaten him that I was going to shout he said if i shout I’ll leave the hotel naked, Dbanj raped me.
“When he left and I got to see he came in with an extra key (card) and I later found out that Dbanj lodged all his staffs in the hotel..Then I called my supposed friend Oyin who I saw at the party if she planned with Dbanj she said No.
“She came downstairs to meet me where I was crying. She asked us to go upstairs to meet her guy who was Dbanj’s friend. when I got there the guy was disappointed and begged me to keep quiet and promised me Dbanj will call me and apologize.
“And he gave my friend 100dollars to give me to take medication.
“I’m so livid and mad seeing a rapist being an advocate for rape. This is my story and I know there are lots of girls who can’t come out to say their story. Don’t be ashamed to say your story it took me 2 years to write my Rape story #wearetired.
“Till today he hasn’t uttered even a word of apology”.
June 4, 2020
Djinee blames parents in reaction to rape, murder of Uwaila Omozuwa
Singer Djinee has joined the voices in condemnation of the rape and killing of a student of the University of Benin, Uwaila Omozuwa.
Uwaila Omozuwa was found in a critical condition inside the church where she went to read at night.
Her head was bleeding after it was bashed with a fire extinguisher by unknown men who also raped her.
She later gave up the ghost after she was rushed to a hospital for attention.
Djinee who took to Twitter in reaction stated that parents are to blame for the way make children have turned out.
Djinee wrote: “Uwa’s story breaks me. We all have to admit that our parents have failed woefully in the raising of the male child. Concentrating too much on the conduct of the female child when it’s actually the males who have the higher propensity to do evil! #JusticeForUwa
“When rape happens especially when it is as vicious as this, I ask myself that how has parenting/upbringing played its part to encourage the act?
“We have to understand how a system (be it parenting, legal, cultural or societal) increases the TENDENCY of a crime happening to a particular gender, race, ethnicity or religious belief more than the other(s). Most times you’ll find your root cause there.
“I’m sorry. I have sisters and cousins and I fear for them daily. One of my sisters was the reason I moved to a secure gated community after an incident, costing me ×5 in expenses. Even at that, I still worry.
“Today it is Uwa. Y’day it was someone else. 2moro it might be som1 we know. A friend who was gangraped in the past is living with HIV today. There is no way Uwa’s sad incident won’t bring up the fact that our women are an endangered gender. You cant isolate crime from culture.
“The whistles, cat calls & groping in some cases. We saw this even as teenagers in secondary schools. Boys just being boys. Let’s be honest we weren’t told to rape. Majority of us weren’t told “DO NOT GROPE, MAKE CAT CALLS LET ALONE RAPE”.
June 1, 2020
Police arrest assault, rape suspect in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu has arrested a suspect, who hailed from Jalingo, Taraba state for alleged assault and rape.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Monday.
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Ndukwe said that the suspect was arrested at about 6; 20 p.m. on April 4, within Umulungbe community in Udi Local Government Area of the state.
He said that the suspect had allegedly assaulted two women who were picking cashew nuts in the community and raped one.
Ndukwe explained that the suspect was almost mobbed by youth in the community before he was rescued by Police operatives of the 9th Mile Corner Police Division.
“It was gathered that the suspect accosted two women picking cashew nuts in Umulungbe community and he started assaulting two of them.
“It was not long before one of the women escaped and alerted the community and youths of the community came in their large numbers and mobbed as well as beat him mercilessly.
“So, it was on the intervention of police operatives of the 9th Mile Corner Police Division that he was rescued from being murdered.
“Before the community youths could come, it was also alleged that the suspect had beaten and raped the other woman, who is about 68 years old, still with him,’’ he said.
The police spokesman said that the Command had begun investigation into the matter.
“The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmad Abdurrahman, has directed a thorough and comprehensive investigation into the matter and assured that justice will be served,’’ he added.
April 6, 2020
4 men executed in India for 2012 Delhi gang rape, murder
Four men were executed on Friday for the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman in the Indian capital in 2012.
The men were hanged to death in Delhi’s Tihar Jail, a jail official confirmed.
A lone hangman carried out the executions after courts rejected last-minute pleas by the convicts’ lawyers, with the hearings going till late Thursday night.
“Our daughter has finally got justice, I thank the judiciary, the government,” the rape victim’s mother, Asha Devi, said outside the jail, where a large crowd gathered.
They broke into cheers as news of the hanging was confirmed.
The 23-year-old medical student was gang-raped and heavily injured on a moving bus in the Indian capital on Dec. 16, 2012, sparking mass protests and an international outcry.
She died nearly two weeks later at a Singapore hospital.
“It has been a long fight for justice. I dedicate this day to all daughters of this country, we will continue the battle,” Asha Devi added.
Nirbhaya’s father Badrinath Singh said his family would be meeting lawyers to identify grey areas in the trial procedure that came up with this case and push to address them.
The death warrants were issued for the first time on Jan. 7 and were deferred four times as lawyers used various legal options to delay the hangings.
Nirbhaya – “fearless” in Hindi – was the name given by the media to the physiotherapy student by the Indian media as a rape victim cannot be named under Indian law.
Six men, including one who was a juvenile at the time of the crime, were accused.
Ram Singh, who was the bus driver and one of the perpetrators, allegedly committed suicide in Tihar jail at the beginning of the trial.
The juvenile was let off in 2015 after three years in a reform home. This is the maximum punishment permissible for a juvenile.
The others – Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were sentenced to death by a trial court in 2013. This was upheld by higher courts.
Mukesh Singh was bus driver Ram Singh’s brother and Akshay Thakur was his assistant. Vinay Sharma was a gym assistant and Pawan Gupta a fruit vendor.
All of them lived in the Ravi Dass slum in south Delhi. They were aged between 20 and 30 at the time of the crime.
According to jail procedures, the bodies are to be taken for post mortem and then handed over to their families.
The jail authorities will make arrangements for cremation if relatives do not want the bodies, Tihar Jail spokesman Raj Kumar said earlier.
A death sentence is very rare in India and the sentence being carried out is even more infrequent.
Five men have been executed since 1995, three of them terrorists.
Despite stricter laws and measures to increase security for women since the Delhi gang rape, a high number of such crimes continues to be reported in India.
According to the latest government data available, 33,356 women and girls were raped in India in 2018.
Activists say many more rapes go unreported. (dpa/NAN)
March 20, 2020
Police confirm arrest of 18-year-old for allegedly raping 70-year-old grandmother
The police in Plateau on Friday confirmed the arrest of an 18-year-old man, Marvellous Luka, who allegedly raped his 70-year-old grandmother.
The police officer in charge of the case, Insp. Mulleng Alex, said that Luka, lives in Dangu-gu Village, Ampang West District of Mangu, Plateau.
Alex said that the suspect has been charged and would soon appear before a High Court in Pankshin, Plateau for trial.
The police alleged that the suspect in his ”confessional” statement, said that he attacked his grandmother in her room while sleeping.
“I was ‘sexually charged and I couldn’t help myself at that moment and resorted to having sex with her, so
“My grandmother cried for help but I overpowered her and had my way.
“She tried holding me down but i escaped and ran to a market where i push wheel barrow for a living.
“I later saw a group of people who came after me, beat me up and handed me over to the police.
“It is the devil’s handwork, i want my grandfather and the elders in my village to forgive me,” he said.
Also speaking, Mrs Mary Samuel, who witnessed the attack, said she heard the victim’s call for help while fetching water from the tap,
”I was shocked at what I saw. I tried to hold him down but he escaped. I raised an alarm and he was later apprehended in a market where he works.
”I took a wrapper which was on the floor and covered the woman,” she said. (NAN)
January 31, 2020
Workshop warns on dangers of stigmatisation of rape victims
Speakers at a workshop on “Women’s sexual reproductive health and rights,” organised by Ipas Nigeria, an international non-profit organisation, has warned on the dangers of stigmatisation of victims of rape and other sexual violence in Nigeria.
The Policy and Advocacy Adviser of the organisation, Mrs Doris Ikpeze, gave the warning in her presentation on Thursday – day two of the four-day workshop in Owerri – entitled, “Unseen hands and consequences of sexual violence.”
Ikpeze said that many rape victims had been compelled to engage in untoward acts, including suicide and unsafe abortion, where pregnancy resulted from rape, because of the fear of stigmatisation by the society.
According to her, victims of rape already have a lot of consequential effect of sexual violence to grapple with.
Ikpeze therefore opined that societal stigmatisation against them would further worsen their plight.
She further said that stigmatisation was largely responsible for why people hardly open up, when they fall victim of rape and incest.
She said that rape or sexual violence also had other consequences on the victim, including physical suffering, change in behavioural, psychological and reproductive health of the victim.
She further said that the development could also result in withdrawal syndrome, self blame and distrust for other people.
The former Country Director of Ipas, Mrs Hauwa Shekarau, who spoke on “Nigeria’s International Commitment to Women’s Health”, said that women’s health should be both policy and human rights issue.
Shekarau, Executive Director, Women Law and Development Inititiative, said that Nigeria was a signatory to some international treatise and conventions, including The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979) and Banjul Declaration.
Others are Viena Declaration on Human Rights (1993), International Conference on Population and Development programme action (1994) and Beijing 1995, among others.
She therefore urged the government to enforce women health laws so that issues of sexual violence, maternal mortally and unsafe abortion could be effectively addressed. (NAN)
January 24, 2020