Nigeria: FIDA Seeks Investigation of Alleged Rape By Soldiers

16 January 2013

The International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Nigeria, has condemned series of reported cases of rape and violence against innocent women in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, allegedly perpetrated by men of the Nigerian Army.

National President, FIDA Nigeria, Hauwa Evelyn Shekarau, who described the impunity with which women and girls are daily raped, defiled and violated in the country, as unacceptable, urged the leadership of the Nigerian Army to investigate and ensure that the perpetrators of the dastardly act are fished out and made to face the wrath of the Law.

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