The Ogun State government said on Thursday that the state records 15 cases of rape and other sexually-related offences on weekly basis.
The Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Justice, Adesola Shobayo, made the disclosure while speaking with journalists in her office in Abeokuta.
Mrs. Shobayo said the rate at which abuse of minors and other related offences were fast increasing in the state had become worrisome.
She explained that the best way to check the problem was to review the criminal law by fast-tracking the legal process and imposing stiffer sanctions in order to deter culprits.
“I don’t know why rape cases are so common these days. It is fast becoming a big problem in the state.
“We now record no fewer than 15 cases of rape in a week. My own attitude to these problems is to review our criminal law as it affects defilement and other sexual offences.
“Also, government at all levels should come up with stiffer punishments so as to deter culprits totally from it,” she said.
Speaking further on the protection of children rights in the state, the permanent secretary revealed that the Amended Child Rights Law was already being implemented in the state.
According to her, the present administration in the state was doing all within its capacity to promote, and preserve the rights of children between the ages of one and 18 years.
She explained that the government of the state detested any action tending to infringe on the rights and privileges of children.
Mrs. Shobayo said government would not condone any form of violation against them and would not hesitate to punish anyone found culpable.
She said the ministry of justice also provides legal support to indigent people in society through the Citizens Right Department, CRD, by defending them in civil and criminal cases.
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nice post

Dis one don deh compete with that of india o!

6 girls were raped here in OOU two days ago sef,come see pants for floor

They have overtaking India already. Una weldon oh.

Too bad! Thatz the reported cases o

For wetin na?

Think they should check their recent food been consumed across the state. most likely they've been consuming much of libido giving food.

I honestly do think that this has to do with rituals,when full grown men rape minors,it tells a lot.....and bearing in mind the fetish tendencies and unusual quest for money from an average Ijebu and Egba Man.

Ye evil children of ewedu.

This re the reasons I can't leave any igbo girls to stay with a yoruba guy in a class room.

Cos e go do dat thing wey him gran pa dey do for girls wey neva reach 8years. Paedophile clans.