A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Actionaid Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare state of emergency on gender-based violence following the increase in reported cases of rape and killings of women and girls, especially in May.
In a statement, the Country Director, Ene Obi, said the organisation has never been more alarmed about the cases of Gender Based Violence in Nigeria than in recent times, adding that women and girls (young and old) now live in fear as they are no longer safe even in their own homes.
“Since the lockdown in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, ActionAid Nigeria and her partners have documented a total of 253 cases of Gender Based Violence in Bauchi, Cross River, Enugu, Kebbi and Kwara States,” she stated |||READ MORE
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