15 children Raped in Gombe - Child Protection Network

The Child Protection Network (CPN) says more than 15 children have been raped between January and Februrary in Gombe State.
Mrs. Fatima Birma, the Legal Adviser of the Network in the state, disclosed this in an interview in Gombe on Wednesday.Birma said that most of the victims were between the ages of six and 14.
“Rape is becoming something else in the state, the Society and other people need to stand up and do something about it, because just from January to February now we have more than 15 cases of rape. When you look at them just small children from the age of 9,6, 14 – just children.”

She said the widespread cases of rape in the state had reached the level that needed people to embark on prayer in the Mosques and Churches.
“We need to go back to God, and to preach those things in our mosques, in our churches and to talk about it seriously to the followers, because the rate at which it is going is beyond our thinking.
“You can imagine a two year old being raped by forty something years old what do you say to that.”
Birma further called on parents to report any case of rape to the police and even go to court to seek redress.
“Parents should make sure that they go to the court; they should report the matter to the police and the appropriate things to be done, should be done, like going to the hospital, examining the child immediately.”

culled from Vanguard