I read in the punch newspaper via Nairaland this morning of the heinous act of rape that involved an 18 year old female admission seeker and a 40 year old lecturer of that citadel of learning. While and after reading the report, I dissect it thus:


1. This goes a long way to further buttress the need for parents, guardians and the society to take good care of the girl child and the female folk in general. Whether consensual or rape, the sexual affair which occurred between the both of them(lecturer and girl) is illicit and must be totally condemned. Note that a female child unlike their male counterparts are fragile, and needs even more care no matter how old she is. Parents must accept this responsibility until at least they are married.


2. I am not the judge in this case, but if there's anybody that MUST be blamed in all these it's the parents especially the father who have put the young girl in this mess. What on earth prevents the father from either going to seek admission on behalf of his daughter, or making sure that he accompanied her to the place. Why must you trust anybody when it comes to issues like this, in my own view a female child should not be entrusted with any male under any guise, the truth is most at times we deceive ourselves and forget that we are humans who are fallible and can make disastrous decisions at times. Even some parents out of carelessness has exposed their children to early sexual encounters even under their own roof, due to this ill perceived notion of trust.


3. The society itself has also played its own role in all this brouhaha, today our females dress indecently and even parents sometimes unfortunately aid and abet them in this, the male unfortunately have also been construed to see the female folk as an intimacy gadget and care less of possible repercussions. This is more prevalent in our higher institutions, and by extension our communities. This has increased the issue of rape in our society, in fact by respected people and in places unimaginable. Imagine a man ruining his own career inside his office!


4. Male lecturers in our higher institutions have a lot to learn from this, it's true that the temptations here and there are many, but you should try your utmost best to always think before you act, think of your family, reputation, career, religion etc. before doing anything. You should know that been unable to control yourself for five minutes can lead you to trouble.


5. Finally, this post jamb of a thing should be critically looked into moving forward, as the process exposes admission seekers to all sort of vices, like 419ers, Scammers, Fraudsters sexual assault etc. It's not only in UNILAG, it's prevalent everywhere. If JAMB are solely in charge of admission, candidates will be assured that if they perform very well, they'll get admitted and don't need to run after anybody, but today even with your high scores, in jamb and post jamb, you must still have to know someone to scale through in most universities.

Do have a wonderful day ahead and may God help us all.

ShehuAba:


2. I am not the judge in this case, but if there's anybody that MUST be blamed in all these it's the parents especially the father who have put the young girl in this mess. What on earth prevents the father from either going to seek admission on behalf of his daughter, or making sure that he accompanied her to the place. Why must you trust anybody when it comes to issues like this, in my own view a female child should not be entrusted with any male under any guise, the truth is most at times we deceive ourselves and forget that we are humans who are fallible and can make disastrous decisions at times. Even some parents out of carelessness has exposed their children to early sexual encounters even under their own roof, due to this ill perceived notion of trust.

Are you deluded? If she had ended up in the university, will her father continue to accompany her to classes, stay in the same hostel, and sit beside her in the exam hall? Wake up! It's the 21st century. Any young person, 18 and above, should know well how to take care of themselves.