About 50 children have been raped in the state in the past four months
alone, according to a shocking data disclosed by Plateau State
Government:
"Our records show 50 recent cases of rape in the state. This is just
within the last four months or so," Mrs. Rufina Gurumyen, state
commissioner for Women Affairs told newsmen in Jos, ahead of the launch
of the state initiative to End Violence Against the Children (EndVAC),
later this week. The initiative is a national child protection campaign
funded by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
"The last two cases are just days away; one in Jos
involving a suspect who raped a child of two years, and another in
Langtan. In Langtan, the suspect raped a disabled child. The first one
was found to have raped a child sometimes ago, but the family decided to
conceal it. So this particular one, a neighbour reported to the
ministry for us to track him and the family to start the case." - Daily
Trust quoted her as saying...
