This is really good, I just pray they follow it up as they have said.

edunwablog:
The Nigerian Police yesterday said there is no time limit for reporting cases of rape and other sexual assaults to the security and other appropriate agencies in the country. They insisted that irrespective of how long it takes a rape victim to report the case, the Police and the state owe him or her a responsibility to diligently investigate the complaint and bring offenders to book.

Speaking in an exclusive interview yesterday with The Guardian in Abuja, Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba (a Deputy Commissioner of Police), however, added that although it doesn’t matter how long it takes before the reports are made, the sooner a victim calls the Police, the easier it is for it to collect the evidence needed to prove the charge.

He said: “But I will say without equivocation that when rape cases or other forms of abuses are reported timorously, the proximity in time between when the offence is committed and when they are reported helps the Police in managing investigation better, because the memories are fresher in the mind of the victim, the crime scene is less contaminated, it is easier to pick up traces and pieces of evidence from the crime scene and forensic investigations are easier and better handled.


“My recommendation is that victims of rape cases and other forms of sexual assault should endeavour to report their cases on time, but they must also know that there are no time bars to the investigation of rape cases.

“The offence is not statute-barred and they can decide to report their case any time they chose and the Police is duty-bound to investigate them.”

Mba explained that the Police have adopted a multifaceted approach in tackling the challenges associated with rape and other sexual offences, adding: “One of the things we have done is to create a specialised investigative and response units in almost all the Police stations and particularly at the State Criminal Investigative Department (CID) and Force CID levels. We have specialised sections called the Police Gender Units.

“We also have the Juvenile and Women Centres (JWC), which was specifically created, powered, trained and charged with the responsibility of responding to offences that touch on women and children, and rape is one of them. Rape is the focus of not just the gender unit, but also the juvenile and women centres.

“In some states of the federation, the Police have also been able to develop a functional and collaborative working relationship with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in those states. Our best example is Lagos State, where the state government has a dedicated unit at its teaching hospital charged with the responsibility of providing forensic support to the Police in their investigations of not just rape cases, but other sexual offences.”

Mba lamented that the Police is faced with fundamental challenges in their efforts to bring justices to rape victims and also punish and bring rape suspects and paedophiles to book, one of which is the reluctance on the part of rape victims to report rape incidence to the Police and other law enforcement agencies.


“At other times, they may make the report, but it may come very late. There is a need for us to look into some of the reasons why people are reluctant in reporting cases of rape and see how we can work together as a community and as a people to eliminate those fears.

“I think one of the reasons victims are reluctant to report cases of rape is fear of the stigmatisation that could arise from speaking out.

“The second reason, which I have also found out while relating one-on-one with some of the victims as a Police officer, is their discomfort with some of the investigative procedures.

“A lot of them are also reluctant to report for fear of embarrassment that could be associated with their report arising from media coverage. The fear of negative publicity and embarrassment associated with such publicity is also a factor.

“We have also discovered that some of the rapists leave their victims with ongoing threats of bodily harm and blackmail.”

The Force spokesman, however, explained that the Police has created special units to provide privacy to victims during the processes of investigations and assurance that their fears and concerns would be taken care of, adding: “We are also pursuing witnesses protective programmes that could help to protect the victims and their witnesses so as to give them that assurance of safety and security.”


He said most rape cases are committed by people that are known to the victims, noting: “Of all the reports we have, over 90 per cent of them are committed by acquaintances, the people that know the victims.”

Mba disclosed that the Force has been carrying out massive prosecution of rape suspects across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Similarly, the Director of Public Enlightenment, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Arinze Orakwe, told The Guardian in an exclusive interview in Abuja, yesterday, that rape victims reserve the right to disclose their experiences anytime they wish, saying there is no national template on the timeframe a rape victim should disclose her harrowing experience.

But he called for the review of the law guiding rape cases in Nigeria to swing in favour of victims, as it would stem the tide of rising cases of paedophile and rape in the country.

He explained that the burden of proof that is placed on victims is aiding rapists and assaulters to go unpunished, adding: “NAPTIP will fully support the review of the rape law. While I am not speaking on behalf of NAPTIP, I as an individual and operator support the review of the law. The law as presently crafted is a burden on victims. Indeed, the law seeks to dampen the morale of families of victims to press charges, because it is almost impossible to prove rape cases successfully in our court of law, because of the evidence that is required.”

Orakwe also noted that NAPTIP would continue to appeal to parents to know that they are the first responders by way of protecting their children, insisting: “Parents must mind whom they leave their children with because the family knows paedophiles. Children normally submit their basic security instincts to uncles, pastors, neighbours or aunties. That is why we emphasise to parents that they must mount the first roadblock, mount the first resistance against these acts.”

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/07/no-time-limit-for-reporting-rape-cases.html

They sound like they really care

IfeMiLove:
Rape apologists.

u never rape a guy before

peteruuu:
It's a pity that Mrs Busola dakolo might not win the case over abiodun fatoyinbo of COZA, but the truth still remains the truth.

Don't ask me f****sh question, I was born and raised up in Ilorin, kwara state... I can tell you more of the atrocities that young fellow has committed here...

Let him just coman tell us he DIT IT, and we'll tell him old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.

PS- If you quote me any how ehn, lemme not even utter a word now.

The mere fact you are neighbour with Biodun do not give you enough evidence to categorically said rape occur, Infact your assertion might be due to jealous that someone you grew up with is more successful than you are ,and the pull him down syndrome. We're you present when the rape happened ?

Sermwell:
I just hope fatoyin.... is listening??

Did he stop busola from filling report at the police station ?

kiyosaki1:


The mere fact you are neighbour with Biodun do not give you enough evidence to categorically said rape occur, Infact your assertion might be due to jealous that someone you grew up with is more successful than you are ,and the pull him down syndrome. We're you present when the rape happened ?

Lol, you don't know me. Biodun fatoyinbo is not my mate...he's older than me bro...but..
Don't bother sef, there's no need explaining things to you.

I don't pray your daughter or any female you've known experience what biodun fatoyinbo did to Busola here in Ilorin.

I don't wish people bad, but I tell the facts, even if it hurts.

Shalom.

AllenSpencer:
Tell the rape apologists again.!


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kiyosaki1:

Did he stop busola from filling report at the police station ?

relax sheep, she has already done that!!

AllenSpencer:


Same people like us dragged Akon, Bill Clinton and Bill Cosby

But are you aware Monica Lewinsky later confessed that her relationship with Clinton was mutual and that she set out from day one to seduce him?

What about domestic abuse and physical violence?

that's true

Since na rapists full Naija pass.... Many men will look for a way to mock this news.

Just sit down and watch them complain (cos they know that at 1 point or the other they themselves have had forced sex with a woman prolly an underage child) they can not believe that their crimes might haunt them in future. They thought it will die as time goes by but na lie!!!

Cry babies..... Una well done o.

Xda59:


But are you aware Monica Lewinsky later confessed that her relationship with Clinton was mutual and that she set out from day one to seduce him?

Hello!

It was not a rape case. This was adultery.

Bill denied at first instance. But later took a bow when the evidences and outrage were all coming for him.

Nonsense!!! As fine boy I was moslested in my secondary school by those big aunty then , should I go report them today that's after thirty years .... Smelling words!

Xda59:


But are you aware Monica Lewinsky later confessed that her relationship with Clinton was mutual and that she set out from day one to seduce him?

He fell did he not? If your wife asks for a pass cos the man she bleeped set out from day 1 to seduce her.... Will it make you feel better?

I've got no problems with the limit but I do have problems with no evidence and suspicious rape stories and of course with the ulterior motive of going public to damage the image of the accused (which is mostly done by false accusers ).

But the intellectual illiterates will ask,"why has it taken long to report the case".Yet these dullards do read of such long ago crimes committed being brought back to live in foreign countries,and the case thrashed according to the law.

In this country of ours,I wonder if we're really wising up or remaining in the concave of ignorance. Or maybe we're just being hypocritical.

Sermwell:

relax sheep, she has already done that!!

Then lets give police chance to proof the case and if there is enough evidence charge him to court ,am afraid all this media bashing will help no one .What if the man is innocent ? Don't you thing this is enough stigma he will deal with for the rest of his life ? Please let be very cautious when jumping into conclusion

Any rape case that is over one year na witch hunt.

QED

rape is the new thing for Nigerian men ,

peteruuu:
It's a pity that Mrs Busola dakolo might not win the case over abiodun fatoyinbo of COZA, but the truth still remains the truth.

Don't ask me f****sh question, I was born and raised up in Ilorin, kwara state... I can tell you more of the atrocities that young fellow has committed here...

Let him just coman tell us he DIT IT, and we'll tell him old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.

PS- If you quote me any how ehn, lemme not even utter a word now.

Since you know them so well, please can you help answer this question:
In what year was shindara born?

Until the COZA pastor is proven guilty,he is still innocent.
Sentiments aside,men are sometimes victims too.
Work into a police station as a man and report that u were raped by a lady and see how u will be ridiculed but it’s always a different outcome when a lady does the same.
We shouldn’t play the gender card here because the story sounds true coming from a woman without even considering the deceitful nature that some lady harbors.(starting from Eve)..it’s not fair cos many people has concluded that the pastor did it without having any strong evidence.

delishpot:
Since na rapists full Naija pass.... Many men will look for a way to mock this news.

Just sit down and watch them complain (cos they know that at 1 point or the other they themselves have had forced sex with a woman prolly an underage child) they can not believe that their crimes might haunt them in future. They thought it will die as time goes by but na lie!!!

Cry babies..... Una well done o.

Please use your brain , no one is supporting rape here , but talking based on busola narrative which is not adding up .Why jumped into conclusion and later realise the man is innocent , will apologies bring back the man's dented image please let's tread with caution.

DrChukzy:




A little Google Search would have saved your ignorant brain from embarrassment. That's why majority of you Nigerian graduates are unemployable.



https://nigerianewsupdate.com/i-never-said-my-wife-was-a-virgin-timi-dakolo/

https://www.concisenews.global/2019/07/04/fact-check-did-timi-dakolo-ever-say-he-met-busola-a-virgin/

Because say u don get work. You can come here and say this is the reason why majority of Nigerian graduates are unemployable.

You too will give birth.

Xda59:


Since you know them so well, please can you help answer this question:
In what year was shindara born?

Oga, I'm not the culprit... So, I'm not open for questions here.
I've said the fact in my first post.
Busola is likely to loose the case, but the end shall tell.

Had it been it was merely a lady that's not popular like Busola, or just a regular lady, people would call her poor or attention seeking lady..but thank God things are not like that...
Lemme not continue..
God bless you.

kiyosaki1:


Then lets give police chance to proof the case and if there is enough evidence charge him to court ,am afraid all this media bashing will help no one .What if the man is innocent ? Don't you thing this is enough stigma he will deal with for the rest of his life ? Please let be very cautious when jumping into conclusion

the same way you are asking what if the man is innocent, is the same way we are asking what if the woman is saying the truth? Remember she's not the only one who has accused him of sexual assault.

delishpot:


He fell did he not? If your wife asks for a pass cos the man she bleeped set out from day 1 to seduce her.... Will it make you feel better?

Of course he did and that was his greatest undoing otherwise his name wouldn't be tagged alongside rapists today.

driand:
No time limit....?

some things are better you do it now or forever hold your peace....

Just look at how Busola whose husband was proud he married a Virgin years ago came back to say she was raped years before her husband married her a Virgin

She's successful called hubby a liar in front of the whole world

The children may yet be ridiculed in school,

Even her unborn generation will come to read the story and join the debate, whether it was actually a rape or consentual sex

Oh! so Dankolo was actually thinking then that he got married to a virgin?

Brightest04:
But the intellectual illiterates will ask,"why has it taken long to report the case".Yet these dullards do read of such long ago crimes committed being brought back to live in foreign countries,and the case thrashed according to the law.

In this country of ours,I wonder if we're really wising up or remaining in the concave of ignorance. Or maybe we're just being hypocritical.

I guess you are the lazy intellectual here , you failed to realised that when one is accused he/she is presumed innocent until proven guilty by the law court . Let busola petition the police am sure they will do there work .Not all these media judgement.