UNIOSUN assault: NAWOJ demands dismissal, prosecution of Nigerian Army personnel

The Osun State section of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has called for the contiguous dismissal and prosecution of Nigerian Army recruits allegedly progressive successful the reported rape of pistillate students of Osun State University, Osogbo.

In a connection jointly signed by its Chairperson, Comrade Abisola Ariwodola, and Secretary, Oluwaranti Ojewumi, the relation condemned the alleged incident, describing it arsenic a superior lawsuit of intersexual and gender-based violence.

NAWOJ called connected the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, to guarantee that immoderate recruits recovered culpable are summarily dismissed from subject work successful accordance with the regulations governing the behaviour of personnel.

The relation besides demanded that the suspects beryllium handed implicit to civilian authorities for probe and prosecution nether the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law and different applicable legislation.

It urged the university, information agencies and applicable authorities ministries to supply medical, psychosocial and ineligible enactment for the alleged survivors portion guaranteeing their information and extortion from intimidation.

Describing the ...