the Lagos State government yesterday said no fewer than 200 rape and domestic violence cases are currently being prosecuted in various High Courts in the state, even as it declared zero tolerance for sexual violence in the state.
Meantime, the government said 140 persons have been convicted for sexual offences and recorded in a Sex Offenders’ Register created by the state government to shame the convicts and serve as deterrent to others.
Coordinator of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi , who disclosed this in an interview with Vanguard on the 16 days of activism declared by the United Nation to address gender violence in the world which ends today, lamented that rape and domestic violence is prevalent in four local governments of Ikeja, Alimosho, Mushin and Lagos Island.
She noted that the cases were discovered through direct contacts that is from field works and through the dedicated emergency line.
She however warned residents with the intention to perpetrate such acts should visit the nearest counsellor for advice, saying “no perpetrator would be spared.”