In the name of romance many girls and women have been ra-ped.

The rising cases of ra-pe in Nigeria is making headlines and the rapists are becoming more brutal as some of their victims have been maimed or murdered in violent ra-pe. And most of the cases go unreported, therefore the rapists escape prosecution and conviction and in fact go on to date and marry other women who are ignorant of their terrible crimes.

A male banker that ra-ped his female friend returned to his work later, but she ended up at the Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital in Yaba, Lagos as a patient suffering from Psychotic Disorders. And today the banker is married, but she is still living with the nightmares. Because no victim of ra-pe fully recovers from the trauma and the stigma. And because of the shame of the stigma, many girls and women who have been ra-ped keep it as one of the secrets they never disclose until their last days on earth.

Ra-pe damages the lives of the victims and believe it or not, many of the rapists continue with their lives among us since their victims refuse to expose them.

Many bad guys even plan parties where they can drug and ra-pe the ignorant girls they invite to their parties. And many innocent girls and women have fallen into such traps.

Any forced act of sex is RA-PE, no matter how you want to make silly excuses that no girl or woman agrees to have sex without persuasion.
Any boy or man who has forced any girl or woman to have sex with him is a rapist and should be seen as one and not allowed to escape from paying for his heinous crime.
We must expose and disgrace these brutes in every community in the society to deter others from committing same crimes.

The National Assembly is about to pass a bill to deal with ra-pe.
“Any man convicted of rape is liable to life imprisonment. Persons convicted of gang-raping any victim shall be liable, jointly and severally, to a minimum of 20 years imprisonment without an option of fine; where the offender is less than 14 years, he shall be liable to a maximum of 14 years imprisonment and a minimum of 12 years, without an option of fine.”

But to me, life imprisonment is not enough. I want castration with life imprisonment and capital punishment for severe cases of ra-pe where the victims are maimed or murdered.

Now if you discovered that your boyfriend was once a rapist, what would you do?

over to you ladies in the house