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February 24, 2020
TheSokoto State Hisbah Commission says the commission has recorded 606 rape casesacross the state in 2019.
Thestate’s Hisbah Commandant Adamu Kasarawa while briefing newsmen decried therampant cases of sexual assaults in the state.
Hesaid the 2019 figure was up from 296 cases in year 2018, regretting that inJanuary 2020 alone about 31 cases of sexual abuses were recorded adding thatthe cases comprised illegal camping of young girls, sexual exploitation andsodomy.
Kasarawa explained that the offenders cut across all calibre of people in thesociety, including politicians, traditional rulers, clerics, businessmen andwomen.
TheCommandant also attributed the menace to the negative attitude of some parents,adding that the issue of poverty and greed had made sexual exploitation morerampant in the state.
Heidentified interference with legal processes as one of the major challenges inprosecuting rape cases, stressing the need to tackle favouritism andcompromise.