Rape cases have become a daily occurrence in the four official camps spread across the Benue State for flood victims.
It
was gathered that perpetrators of the unholy act were young men who
reside in the camps and some who come from within the communities where
the camps are situated.
From Wurukum to Saint Catherine and
Wadata camps, it was the same sad story. One of the victims, a girl of
19 who craved anonymity disclosed that she was raped two days ago at
about 10pm by a young man she couldn’t identify. Click to read what she
has to say.
She said: “I just walked back into
the camp after I had visited a former neighbour in town. I got into the
camp that evening, while walking towards the classrooms where we sleep,
somebody called my name from a dark spot.
“I tried to find out
who it was, but before I knew what was happening, somebody grabbed me
from behind and threatened that he would stab me to death if I shouted.
He grabbed me down and raped me.
“I am not the only one they have
done this to, there are so many other girls; there are over 19 of us
that have been raped in the last few days, but we are all hiding it
because of the shame, but if we don’t cry out we will not get help
because we are helpless.”
“And if we don’t cry out because of the
shame, the people behind this evil acts will continue to torment girls
and women in the camps.” This is just sad. We are our own enemies.
culled from : ladun's blog
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