African Child Day: YPP Condemns Rape, Abuse of Women

As Africa celebrates child rights on 16th Day of June, 2020, Young Progressive Party, YPP, Imo State, has condemned totally the rape and abuse of women especially the girl child.

YPP condemned the rape and molestation of females through its State Woman Leader, Amb Chika Uju, when she spoke with our reporter, in Owerri, on Tuesday.

Uju said the violation and abuse of females should stop as it negates rights and dignity of women, frowning that the social stigma attached to molestation of the female gender is always corrosive and send wrong signal to the society.

YPP suggested that stiff law should be enacted to punish female rapists, as well as protect women especially the girl child with outright condemnation of sexual harassment against weak women who she reiterated are equally human beings who deserve social justice and freedom.

According to the YPP Chieftain, “molestation done on our mothers, our children and mostly the girl child is inhuman and YPP condemns such a dastardly act. As we celebrate with the African Child today, being 16th June, 2020, which was established in June, 1991, YPP urges parents, guardians, elders to treat kids with love. And Parents should not take undue advantage of their girl child to molest her. Impregnating them, raping them is evil in the sight of God who sees all”.

The party stressed that “it is the duty of the parents to caution their girl when necessary and not to molest her. Child trafficking should not be allowed again. Those who rape and abuse females should face the wrath of law.

“As the State Woman Leader of YPP and President of some social organisations, I condemn intoto the ill- attitude of some animals in human clothing and they should be brought to book. Our children need our love and not molestation”.

Regrettably, a total of 717 women have been reportedly raped and abused nationwide between January and May, 2020.