Views: Visits 6 No fewer than 25 rape cases were recorded in Enugu State from January to March 2021, the Centre Manager, Tamar Sexual Assault Referral Centre (Tamar SARC), Mrs Evelyn Onah, said. Onah disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with Newsmen in Enugu. She said that 31 cases of attempted sexual assault and five Gender Based Violence (GBV) were also recorded within the same period. READ ALSOLeanbean Reviews – Ingredients, Side Effects, & Customer Reviews She said that some of the cases involved minors as well as adults within the ages of five, 24 and 22. The centre manager disclosed that an 88-year old woman was recently raped by a 22-year old boy at Nsukka.
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Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has inaugurated a steering committee on prevention of gender-based violence in the state, Igbere TV reports.
Inaugurating the committee, Gov. Ugwuanyi, represented by his deputy, Hon. Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo, stated that the body is saddled with the sacred mandate of developing and implementing programmes and policies for the prevention of gender-based violence in Enugu State, as well as “the rehabilitation of persons who still fall victim of gender-based violence despite all the preventive measures”.
It would be recalled that the wife of the Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Monica Ugochi Ugwuanyi, had recently campaigned against gender-based violence, calling for an all-inclusive and sustained crusade to stem the tide of domestic violence, sexual abuse, female genital mutilation, public harassment, among other forms of violence against women in the society.