National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons
and other related offences has decried the increasing cases of
rape, incest and domestic abuses among Nigerians during the
stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NAPTIP Director-General, Julie Okah-Donli, disclosed this in
an interview with reporters in Abuja during the distribution of
palliatives to orphanages and other partners of the agency which
run shelters for victims of trafficking.
The palliatives were donated by the Alumni (Federal Capital
Territory Chapter) of the Association of the National Institute for
Policy and Strategic Studies, Plateau State, to the Minister of
State, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Ramatu Aliyu and
then delivered to NAPTIP.
The DG said the latest case recorded was a man in Abuja who
raped his four-year-old daughter and was caught and reported by the
wife.
She said: “Domestic and sexual abuses have been crazy. The cases
are increasing. I think some men are suffering from cabin fever.
They are not used to staying at home with their wives. So the more
their wives are in their faces, the more they get angry and beat
them up. We recorded over 30 cases in a certain period.
“Even rape, sodomy; the last we got was a father who raped his
four-year-old daughter and was caught by his wife. We have had very
many dirty cases recently. We cannot keep the suspects in custody
because of COVID-19.
“They have been granted bail but as soon as we can prosecute
them, we will start to do that.”
The AANI Vice President, Hajiya Aisha Dankani, said the
palliatives included bags of 10kg rice, 500 packets of noodles and
30 packets each containing 50 bottles of cooking oil.
She said: “We have chosen FCT, Lagos and Kano as the first three
states to reach out to. We hope that God will see us through this
pandemic period.
“We believe the lockdown has otherwise affected a number of
vulnerable Nigerians and for the first batch, we have selected
these three states.”
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons
and other related offences has decried the increasing cases of
rape, incest and domestic abuses among Nigerians during the
stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NAPTIP Director-General, Julie Okah-Donli, disclosed this in
an interview with reporters in Abuja during the distribution of
palliatives to orphanages and other partners of the agency which
run shelters for victims of trafficking.
The palliatives were donated by the Alumni (Federal Capital
Territory Chapter) of the Association of the National Institute for
Policy and Strategic Studies, Plateau State, to the Minister of
State, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Ramatu Aliyu and
then delivered to NAPTIP.
The DG said the latest case recorded was a man in Abuja who
raped his four-year-old daughter and was caught and reported by the
wife.
She said: “Domestic and sexual abuses have been crazy. The cases
are increasing. I think some men are suffering from cabin fever.
They are not used to staying at home with their wives. So the more
their wives are in their faces, the more they get angry and beat
them up. We recorded over 30 cases in a certain period.
“Even rape, sodomy; the last we got was a father who raped his
four-year-old daughter and was caught by his wife. We have had very
many dirty cases recently. We cannot keep the suspects in custody
because of COVID-19.
“They have been granted bail but as soon as we can prosecute
them, we will start to do that.”
The AANI Vice President, Hajiya Aisha Dankani, said the
palliatives included bags of 10kg rice, 500 packets of noodles and
30 packets each containing 50 bottles of cooking oil.
She said: “We have chosen FCT, Lagos and Kano as the first three
states to reach out to. We hope that God will see us through this
pandemic period.
“We believe the lockdown has otherwise affected a number of
vulnerable Nigerians and for the first batch, we have selected
these three states.”