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Nigerian campaigners stage protest over sexual violence

Published 05/06/2020, 15:03
Updated 05/06/2020, 15:06

By Abraham Achirga
ABUJA, June 5 (Reuters) - Nigerian rights campaigners took
to the streets of the capital Abuja on Friday to raise awareness
about sexual violence in the West African country after a series
of high-profile rape cases.
#JusticeforUwa has trended on social media in the last week
after Vera Uwaila Omosuwa, a 22-year-old student, died two days
after she was raped in a church in the southern city of Benin.
More than 200 protesters marched around police headquarters
in Abuja, chanting and holding placards that read "Justice for
all Nigerian girls and women", and "No means no".
The march was one of a number of activities planned by
campaigners to raise awareness of sexual violence and urge
politicians to set aside more money to tackle the issue and
ensure police independence.
"Children are dying, women are dying, enough is enough,"
said Dorothy Njemanze, one of the protest organisers.
Njemanze said she and other campaigners were "watching every
step of everything they (politicians) say and do on sexual based
violence".
Nigeria's most senior policeman has ordered the immediate
deployment of additional investigators to specialist gender
violence desks, a Police Force statement said on Tuesday.
"This is to strengthen and enhance the capacity of the units
to respond to increasing challenges of sexual assaults and
domestic/gender-based violence linked with the outbreak of the
COVID-19 pandemic and other social ills within the country," it
said.

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