The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) yesterday revealed that 950 domestic and sexual violence cases have been reported this year, which is about 100 per cent increase, when compared with last year's figure of 452 domestic and sexual violence cases.
The alternate chairman of DSVRT, Mrs. Omotilewa Ibirogba, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the unveiling of 6820 Short Message Service (SMS) short-code for the reporting of domestic and sexual violence, adding that 10 persons convicted for sexual violence this year had been registered in the sexual offenders register and they are being monitored.
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