The Lagos State government on Thursday, disclosed that at least 2,588 children were sexually and emotionally abused during various domestic violence recorded in the state between August 2022 and July 2023.

The Permanent Secretary and Solicitor-General, Ms. Titilayo Shitta-Bey, stated this at a media briefing as part of activities to flag off the 2023 Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness Month, themed ‘Not in my Lagos.

Represented by the Executive Secretary, of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, she added that 40 per cent of those children have been taken through counselling programmes to ensure they can psychologically deal with the events they have witnessed without having a permanent and negative impact on them.

Shitta-Bey said: “From August 1, 2022, to July 31, 2023, the agency has handled 5624 cases which are into two categories, adults and children.

“The agency now receives an average of 250 clients every month. For adults- 91 per cent of survivors were female, 9 per cent were male, while for children- 45 per cent of survivors were boys, 55 per cent were girls.

“In the period under review, the Agency has provided services to 7 Persons with Disabilities who were experiencing one form of Gender-Based Violence or the other.

“The youngest child that experienced sexual violence was an 18-month-old baby, while the oldest client that experienced domestic violence was a 79-year-old woman.

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Just imagine'' why they no go hate men...

This is bad.

Stringent measure should be applied by the government to curb these incidents.

My question is,with all these numbers,what really happened to the offenders.

The offenders must be made to face the law,to serve as deterrent to other people. Not only in Lagos but throughout the country.

Pedophiles, shameless Men

Government should pass Gay bill into law

Let them be bleeping theirselves, this molestations will surely reduce

Let's all be VIGILANT.

It is well...

Over 7kids per day.
&worst part is the culprits are usually trusted relatives & friends.

After they'll say women are stiff to touch

Na wa o, this thing no really make sense o.

Failed adults
Failed parenting
Failed government

Smh


Children are the leaders of tomorrow.no wonder teenage oloshos dey increase and the clowns are here bashing them

hope women won't cry victim here,as both gender were captured

eteebanky:
Pedophiles, shameless Men

Government should pass Gay bill into law

Let them be bleeping theirselves, this molestations will surely reduce

The agency now receives an average of 250 clients every month. For adults- 91 per cent of survivors were female, 9 per cent were male, while for children- 45 per cent of survivors were boys, 55 per cent were girls.

Both gender are victims

I voluntarily got disvirgined at age 12 and I wasn't even seeing myself as a kid then.

Please I'm doing this on behalf of Jennyclay she's not available at the moment


Oh not again. Nigerian Men are animals, kidnappers, rapists, see how this children will grow up hating men please the court should sentence the those animals to jail
I hate Nigerian Men

aQUINandmore:
I voluntarily got disvirgined at age 12 and I wasn't even seeing myself as a kid then.

Big ups

The tinubu supporters are really digging into children o. Maybe that's how they cope with the economic hardship in that country

Yack 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

Very bad the number is even higher not all cases are registered or transferred to gender agency to record . Pedophile , rape is the lowest of all crime.

Is that a news, if in Rivers or Ogun it's different but in no man's land every man on his own.

Protect your daughters from some U demons.

That is the the reported...adjust the headline

meum:
Hmmm, sexually & emotionally abused that’s bad.

By the way, Hundreds of millions of Nigerians have been & are being emotionally abused by our leaders daily.

So the citizens transfer the abuse to the children.