LAGOS State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade
Ipaye has cautioned parents to be wary of rampant of attacks by rapists
on minors across the state.
Ipaye has cautioned parents to be wary of rampant of attacks by rapists
on minors across the state.
The Attorney-General, AG, who expressed deep worry over the act, disclosed
that the act has reached an alarming rate where over 427 cases had been
officially reported last year alone.
that the act has reached an alarming rate where over 427 cases had been
officially reported last year alone.
The AG disclosed that for such figure to be officially reported
calls for worry in spite of the fact that majority of the victims or their
parents hid such incidence from the public to avoid embarrassment.
calls for worry in spite of the fact that majority of the victims or their
parents hid such incidence from the public to avoid embarrassment.
He said, though the Office of the Public Defender, OPD, had
secured conviction of culprits in six cases recently. He however dislosed
that his ministry had problems of assembling evidences to prosecute rape cases
because most of the cases were reported late.
secured conviction of culprits in six cases recently. He however dislosed
that his ministry had problems of assembling evidences to prosecute rape cases
because most of the cases were reported late.
The state chief law officer expressed the determination of
the state government to reduce crimes to a barest minimum in the state, which
prompt the government to organise monthly security meetings as well as briefing
Lagosians on how to be guided.
the state government to reduce crimes to a barest minimum in the state, which
prompt the government to organise monthly security meetings as well as briefing
Lagosians on how to be guided.
Answering question on the position of the case of the DPO, Pen
Cinema Police station, Mr. Segun Fabunmi, accused of shooting one Ademola
Aderinde during the protest against increase in the pump price of fuel in 2012,
Ipaye disclosed that apart from the delay the matter suffered from the police
internal mechanism, the state had instituted a civil matter against the police
to get compensation for the deceased family.
Cinema Police station, Mr. Segun Fabunmi, accused of shooting one Ademola
Aderinde during the protest against increase in the pump price of fuel in 2012,
Ipaye disclosed that apart from the delay the matter suffered from the police
internal mechanism, the state had instituted a civil matter against the police
to get compensation for the deceased family.
