Rising rape cases worries minister

Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina has decried the alarming rate of rape cases across the country.

Briefing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, she said her ministry is overwhelmed with series of such cases requiring urgent legal attention.

Some of the recent cases include those of 42 students of Holy Rosary College Enugu allegedly raped by robbers at Sagamu, Ogun State on 31st  March and that of widows aged 60 years and above being raped by youths between 17 and 25 years in Opi local government in Enugu State.

Culled from DAILY TRUST

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