…Warns against re-opening of pre-tertiary institutions now
Razaq Bamidele
An Islamic Women Organisation, Al-Mu’minaat, has asked all women to take the upbringing of their male children seriously, observing that, it is the male children who are improperly trained that are on rampage, violating the women in the nation.
The organisation expressed serious worry about the increasing incidence of violent rape cases, calling it a rape of the nation itself.
The National Amirah (President) of Al-Mu’minaat, Hajia Nimatullah Abdulquadir, said in a statement that raping and killing of girls and women was becoming a daily headline in our national news, regretting that, even religious houses are not spared in the menace!
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“All parents with female children fear for the safety of their daughters. We are all guilty of this insanity going on.
“We all need to take a retrospect into how we might have contributed consciously or unconsciously to the evil tsunami that is currently sweeping through our nation,” she lamented.
Hajia Abdulquadir stated further that the shaming and blaming of rape victims or survivors is dangerous, warning those who overtly or covertly seek to accuse victims of being responsible for their ordeal to desist immediately.
“No woman deserves to be raped, and while Islam encourages decent dressing, accusing victims of being responsible for rape because of their dressing or being in particular places at the time of the crime is a great injustice.
“The legislatures at all levels must sit to review the laws on rape and provide stiffer punishment that can serve as deterrent to others,” she said.
The law enforcement agents and lawyers, according to the statement, must make sure that the law takes its cause on offending crimes, adding that, the Nigerian police must put their expertise into use to track down offenders.
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“Looking for volunteered information is not enough; forensic audit and other modern means should be used to track perpetrators. Organisations, both civil and religious should educate their members.
“We also call on The National Orientation Agency (NOA) to rise up to educating the populace about this ugly trend and the need to protect the girl child,” the group admonished.
While consoling all Nigerians who have lost their relatives to the global Coronavirus pandemic, Al-Mu’minaat warns that the worst is not over, pleading with Nigerians not to pressurise the government into opening up all educational institutions, especially pre-tertiary institutions as not all schools in the nation have the capacity to prevent the spread of the virus.