Kwara: NSCDC cautions Nigerians on rising cases of rape, domestic violence
By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
Following rising cases of rape and other gender based violence across the country, the Kwara State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Makinde Iskil Ayinla, has urged the people of the State to shun all forms of criminal act that can drag the good image of the State into the mud.
According to the NSCDC’s spokesman in the State Babawale Zaid Afolabi, the Commandant made the appeal on Thursday while flagging off the sensitization road show organised by the anti human trafficking and illegal migrant unit of the Corps in Ilorin.
Appalled by the rise in cases of gender based violence such as rape, child abuse, violence against women, and child trafficking, among others, Ayinla urged the people not to engage in any criminal act that can land them in trouble, saying the law would always take its course.
“Hardly will a day pass that we will not have reports of incidence of gender based violence and I hope this sensitisation campaign will go a long way to educate people on the resultant effects of involving in these criminal acts,” he said.
It would be recalled that NSCDC has been partnering with organisations such as international Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA ), National Human Right Commission ( NHRC), among others, with a view to nipping these problems in the bud.
The sensitisation road show, which was led by Assistant Commandant F. O. Bamigboye, took off from the NSCDC state headquarters in Ilorin through Post Office, Maraba- Amilegbe to ipata where road union workers, market men and women were addressed.