In three local government area of abeokuta: [/b][b][b][/b][b][/b]namely Owu,Itoko and Ilawo in Ogun state, female and male genital mutilation practice is customarily a family tradition that the female and male child,young adult and widow would experience.

It is a procedure that involves partial or completely removing the external Instruments of the female or male genital organs and a female or male that does not go through the procedure of genital mutilation is often considered as an outcast or an illegitimate child