Ozoro: Youths protest at Lagos Assembly, demand justice

Nigerian youths connected Sunday staged a protestation astatine the Lagos State House of Assembly, calling for justness for victims of an alleged intersexual battle incidental said to person occurred during a fertility festival successful Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State.

The demonstrators, operating nether the banner of the “End The Rape Culture” campaign, expressed outrage implicit reports and videos circulating online, which allegedly showed victims crying retired and pleading for assistance during the incident.

Speaking during the protest, the Executive Director of Hacey Health Initiative, Rhoda Robinson, described the concern arsenic profoundly disturbing, stressing that the contented goes beyond headlines and reflects a broader societal problem.

“It is heartbreaking. I support asking myself, what if it were me? This is simply a stark reminder that rape civilization inactive exists,” she said.

Robinson recalled that erstwhile the run was launched alongside Sunshine Rosman and different advocates, determination were claims that rape civilization was nary longer prevalent successful Nigeria.

She, however, questioned that assertion, noting that survivors were often silenced, blamed and denied justice.

“How tin anyone accidental rape civilization does not beryllium erstwhile victims are inactive being silenced and justness remains elusive?” She asked.

She cited information indicating that a important fig of wom...