''Best Way To End Rape Is By Cutting Off Rapists' Genitals'' - Sen Ita Giwa

Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, yesterday, said the best way to end rape and sexual assault in Nigeria is by ensuring convicted rapists get capital punishment which does not entail killing them but cutting off their genitals.

Ita-Giwa, who represented Cross River in the Senate and later served as Special Adviser on  National Assembly Matters to former President Goodluck Jonathan, spoke as  a special guest at ‘Magnenta and Black Art & Fashion for Charity’

She  maintained that throwing child- rapists into prison is not enough justice but cutting off their genitals will ensure they do not use them on other children. Making reference to accounts of rape by two survivors at the event, the senator said:

Woman Slices Off Brother-in-Law’s Genitals After He Raped Her

A mother-of-three chopped off her brother-in-law's genitals before handing them in as evidence at a police station in India. 

The 32-year-old woman stunned officers when she entered the station in the Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh, clutching the severed organ. 

The woman, who was accompanied by her three children, told officers that it was the only way to stop her brother-in-law attacking her, the Daily Mail reports. 

The woman was staying with her brother-in-law as her husband worked more than 700 miles away, in Nashik, Maharashtra. But he had allegedly assaulted her many times while she stayed in his house.