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HELP! Our daughters are getting raped on their way to school, FCT community cries out
Residents of Pesepa community in Bwari Area Council have raised alarm over the increase in cases of rape and kidnapping of their daughters in the area, calling for the urgent intervention of the government.
The Head of the community, Saleh Gyazanyimade, said on Thursday in Abuja that the girls were being kidnapped and raped at regular intervals as they walked some distance to fetch water or go to school in nearby communities.
He said that because of the security challenge, a lot of their youth had stopped going to school for fear of their safety.
The chief, who gave the population of the village as over 3, 000, however, identified some of their challenges to include lack of means of potable water, as well as lack of secondary school, healthcare facilities and electricity, among others.
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“We are appealing to the government to come to our aid because we have been abandoned for so long; we need potable water, secondary school and hospital.
“At the moment, we rely on a small stream as our source of water which often pose health challenge to our children; the stream is not even enough to serve the entire population.
“Most times, people spent hours or the whole day on queue trying to fetch water, which invariably affects other daily chores.
“Majority of our girls, in the process of trekking long distance to and from school, are often raped by hoodlums.
“The only available hospital in our vicinity is a death-trap because the building is dilapidated, with neither drugs nor adequate manpower that will ensure efficient service delivery,” he lamented.
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Also speaking, Mr Aliyu Pasepa, a member of the vigilante group in the community and also the Secretary-General of the Pesepa Community Development Association, said he had rescued many girls from being raped in the course of his duty.
He said that recently he, with the assistance of some security guards, rescued one of their girls that were raped and held hostage by kidnappers in Kubwa.
Pasepa, who described the situation as pathetic, warned that failure by government to urgently come to their rescue might force them to embark on a protest.
(NAN)
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