Unknown to Chinonso, the fuzz by Dayo and Kazeem was a ploy to advance a clandestine agenda. In the same terrain, 264 victims were sexually abused in 2014; in 2015, 476 victims; in 2016, 796 victims; in 2017, 819 victims; in 2018, 849 victims, while 678 victims within the same age bracket were sexually violated within January to October 2019. “All these build up a sexual drive inside someone and when the drive is built up, it motivates the behaviour to quench the drive. In addition to this, there are few effective state-sponsored bodies or programmes that provide support and help for rape victims to handle the aftermath of rape. “The police demand bribes from rape victims in order to investigate rape cases and give reports, and when the bribes are not given to them, they accuse the rape victims of consenting to the sexual intercourse with the rapists.

Source: Punch December 31, 2019 03:00 UTC