Fury
as Two Teenage Girls Gang-raped, Killed in Bayelsa
Following
the gang-raping of two teenage girls who later died in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State
capital, female lawyers in the state on Thursday expressed outrage over the
trend which, they claimed, is fast becoming alarming.
The
lawyers cried that the girls, 15 years old and 16 years old, were raped and
later killed by gangs of boys in separate areas of the Bayelsa State capital.
According
to the Chairperson of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in the
state Mrs. Dise Ogbise-Erhisere, while the 15-year old girl (name withheld) was
raped at an uncompleted building along the D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha Expressway,
the 16 years old girl was raped in another area of the state capital. Both
girls were killed after the gruesome act.
The
angry female lawyers, while confirming the development, also expressed disgust
at the refusal of victims' parents to seek for the arrest of the rapists and
pursue prosecution.
Ogbise-Erhisere
called on the victims' parents not to settle rape cases outside of the court in
order for offenders to face the full weight of the law as well as serve as a
deterrent to others.
She
expressed her displeasure over the act against the innocent girls in society
who go about their lawful duties and call on relevant security agencies to be
alert to curb the increasing cases of this social vice.
The
FIDA boss called on parents to advice their male children to desist from the
shameful act which attracts the wrath of God and life imprisonment sentence in
our laws.
1 comment:
Sometimes, you just can't understand what is going on
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