6th November, 2022
Mrs Pauline Tallen, the Minister of Women Affairs, has prescribed capital punishment for perpetrators of rape.
Tallen made the prescription as a guest at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja.
She said that only capital punishment and other forms of punishment commensurate with the inhuman crime of rape would act as a deterrent to rape.
The minister also expressed the commitment of her ministry to the protection and promotion of women’s rights, saying that rape had ravaged many women.
However, she blamed the slow judicial system as responsible for continued rape and other forms of violence against women.
She urged the judicial system to rise up to the occasion of rapid justice dispensation to not only eradicate rape but restore confidence in the judiciary.
“Slow justice system is responsible for persistent violence against women and girls”, she maintained.