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Following the upsurge in rape cases in the country, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) implored the Federal Government to impose life imprisonment as penalty for rapists found guilty.
The Chairman of ASUU at the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, Dr Dipo Akomolafe said life imprisonment penalty would curb the criminal act in the country.
Dipo explained to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Okitipupa that rape cases were rising because government was not enforcing the Criminal Code which recommended life imprisonment for convicted rapists and 14 years for attempted rape. In his words : “Rape is a condemnable act which should not be tolerated in a decent Society.”
“Of recent, rape has been on alarming increase as most of the victims are killed by the peretrators who are, at times, known persons or family relations, in order just to cover their heineous crime. There is a law prohibiting rape and making it a criminal offence. Nigeria’s Criminal Code recommends life imprisonment for those convicted for rape and 14 years for attempted rape. This punishment is enough to create fear in the minds of potential perpetrators, if only the government can enforce the law.
Dipo said ,“This will also reduce the act of rape and attempted rape in the society.”
Reported by: Fatimah Oyesanmi
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