Owing to the high
incidence of rape cases in Jos, stakeholders are brainstorming to come up with
acceptable and unified ways of managing rape.
A physician with
the Plateau State Specialist Hospital Jos, Doctor Williams Golit, said a rape
protocol for the management of rape cases will help eliminate frictions between
medical professionals and others handling rape cases.
Plateau State
Commissioner for Information, Olivia Dazyem, said the current effort by the
Plateau Specialist Hospital is a warning signal to all rapists that the law
will soon catch up with them.
Statistics show
that out of five rape cases, only one is being reported and only 1 in 20 to 50
child rape cases are reported.
Doctor Golit
blamed the low level of reporting rape cases to stigmatization.
Others who spoke regretted
that rape cases have become alarming in Jos and both sexes have fallen victims.
There were
brainstorming sessions on the predisposing factors and effects of rape by
stakeholders who spread across the medical and legal professions, security
agencies, as well as rights groups.
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