‘How we were raped’

Some rape victims last Thursday visited the National Assembly last to plead for the speedy passage of the Sexual Offences Bill pending for over two years.

Victim 1

I was raped by two guys when I was returning back to my extra moral lesson at 3pm on 28 of April 2014 in Enugu. I know the boys. I reported to my brother and he took me to the police station immediately and they were arrested by policemen.
The incident has affected me. I was in SS 2 when I was raped. I was supposed to take my senior WAEC but I repeated the class and the whole village is happy that the boys arrested. What I don’t know is how the police is handling the matter. Left for me the boys should be jailed to serve as a deterrent to others.

Victim 2

I am an auxiliary nurse and 21 years old, I was raped by my cousin. I was coming back home from the office around 6 pm, when my cousin called and told me he was sick. I told him that I won’t be able to see him because it was late but from the way he sounded on phone I was moved with pity, coupled with the fact he had a history of heart problem, I decided to go visit him.
Little did I know he was not sick. I met him on my way to his house. He was dressed in a white cardigan, along a narrow, lonely road.
In an attempt to feel his pulse, he grabbed me on the neck and we started struggling but he overpowered me and raped me.
I went home bleeding and thereafter reported the incident to my dad, who busted into tears.
An attempt to interrogate the boy failed as his father hid him. We then went to the police station the day after. Right now the boy is in Police custody

Victim 3

I am 15 years, I am in SS2. I was raped by a young man known as Ugochukwu. On the 11th of October 2014, I was on my way to the market, that was when he saw me and called me, pretending to have a message for me.
That was when he started making some advances and I turned it down. He then invited one of his friends and they both raped me. He was later arrested. It affected my education

Victim 4

I am 40 years old. I have been married for 17 years now and I have been in pains in the last 14 years. I have been suffering from domestic violence. I have been keeping quiet about the whole abuse from my husband.
One of the cases is this year when I was pregnant with my last child. I went for HIV test as part of the requirement in the hospital and they discovered I was positive. We were both placed on anti-retroviral drug but he later stopped taking his medication and started threatening to kill me because I refused to go to bed with him. He stopped taking care of me and my 5 children.
He burnt our wedding picture. I reported to the police and he was arrested and detained but was later granted bail. Right now I have left the house

...culled from THE NATION

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