Despite stiff laws against sexual assault, its scourge persists in Nigeria. Recent cases of a bishop and a businessman being sentenced to life imprisonment for rape highlight the issue.
Despite stiff laws against sexual assault , its scourge persists in Nigeria . DAILY POST reports that the perpetrators range from the least known to the very influential personalities in the country. It is believed that the silence of victims owing to stigmatization has not helped matters. DAILY POST recalls that an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court recently sentenced a Lagos bishop, Feyi Daniels, to life imprisonment for raping his 23-year-old assistant.
Justice Rahman Oshodi held that Daniels, the Bishop of Reign Christian Ministry should spend the rest of his life at the Kirikiri custodial facility in Lagos. DAILY POST also recalls that the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama sentenced an Abuja–based businessman, Chika Adionye, 42 years old, to life imprisonment for the rape of two children, who are cousins and were 7 and 8 years old respectively at the time of the rape
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