Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire
The Lagos State Government has advocated life confinement for convicted ravishers and peadophiles to obviate sexual harassment against women and children.
The Deputy Governor of the state, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, verbally expressed this on Monday at a press briefing on the 2014 International Day of the African Child.
Orelope-Adefulire, who additionally advocated compulsory psychiatric test for paedophiles and ravishers, expounded that with such stringent measures, there would be a paramount reduction in rape cases across the country.
She verbally expressed, “We must jointly be committed to putting a cessation to all forms of sexual harassment, assault and abuse, particularly rape cases against our girl-child. Parents should not hesitate to report such cases to the police in order to expose and prosecute the offenders to accommodate as a deterrent to others. We must all break the culture of keeping silent on rape and violence.
“Also, with the incrementation in rape cases and sexual harassment, there is perhaps the desideratum to make psychiatric test compulsory for some men as a component of the routine check, especially the perpetrators. I descry sociopathic tendencies in some men ─ a situation where a father impregnates his own daughter, a blood brother impregnates his sister, or an uncle impregnates his cousin, cannot be explicated and calls for concern.
“I am optimistic that with a life jail term with no option of fine for offenders, there will be a great reduction in rape cases. We would withal require full support of the law enforcement agencies and the court to ascertain equity and prosperous prosecution of offenders.
“There is desideratum for increase in the funding of edification sector to address the challenge of providing qualitative and compulsory fundamental inculcation for all the children of school age in the country.”
Orelope-Adefuilire lamented that children in some components of the country were still being subjected to child espousement and female genital mutilation.
She integrated, “Child stigmatisation, such as the notion in child witches, withal has a paramount negative effect on children’s rights. These children often suffer frequent infringements of their rights and develop emotional and psychological trauma, apart from going through nonessential torture.”
She verbally expressed the International Day of the African Child reiterated the call for the rescue of the Chibok girls abducted two months ago.
