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The position of FIDA was made known by its Kwara State Chairperson, Gloria Okodua, in an interview with newsmen.
The chairperson of FIDA in the state, Obioma Achilefu, who made the call in a statement on Thursday in Jos, urged the Police and other relevant agencies, to ensure no stone was left unturned in getting to the root of the matter.
The State Head of Service, Pastor Kayode Ogundele, said this while receiving members of the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ondo State chapter, in his office in Akure.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during a visit to Kaduna, Muhammad stated that the association received cases on daily basis, adding, however, that most of them got withdrawn before they could reach the court.
This was revealed by the Chairperson of FIDA in Rivers State, Adata Bio-Briggs, during an interaction with newsmen.
The call was made by the chairperson of the FIDA, Ebonyi State Chapter, Grace Chima, on Saturday in Abakaliki.
The lecturer was nabbed by the State Intelligence Bureau of the Nigeria Police Force and arraigned for the offences.
The VAPP Bill was passed by the state’s House of Assembly on December 20, 2020, but is yet to be assented to by Governor Mai Mala Buni.
She made the call in Akure during the inauguration of board members of the Ondo State Agency Against Gender-Based Violence (OSAA-GBV).
Deborah Aremu, the state Commissioner for Women Affairs, told journalists in Ilorin on Friday during a protest against the incident, which occurred on July 1, that it was sad and unbearable, particularly for mothers.
Ann Awah, Chairperson of FIDA, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar on Wednesday.
Godwin, who resides in the same compound with the victim at No. 1 Benedict Okoro Street in Abakaliki, is facing one count of rape.
The Ondo State-based lady had in a viral video said the staff of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State elect with her several times.
In a statement issued by the Chairperson of the body, Kemi Osisanya, this came to the notice of FIDA through a viral online video wherein the assault was carried out in the presence of several people.
The Chairperson of the association, Mary Izam, said the rehabilitation became necessary as all the girls were depressed and another, a married woman, had committed suicide.
International Federation of Women Lawyers has called on Kaduna state government to change the punishment for rape and defilement from 14 years to death penalty by hanging.
Thirteen-year-old Ochanya who died on October18 was allegedly violated, molested, defiled, drugged and abused from age five to death by her 52-year-old uncle, Andrew Ogbuja, a Lecturer attached to Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo and his son, Victor Ogbuja.
The Chairperson, Edo State Chapter of FIDA, Maria Edeko, in her opening address at the occasion, said children were a gift from God, with rights that needed to be protected.
Worried by the incessant cases of rape in Niger State, the International Federation of Female Lawyers on Sunday called for…