Showing posts with label Senator Ita Giwa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Senator Ita Giwa. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 April 2016

''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: