{"id":29702,"date":"2020-08-21T18:49:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T18:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=29702"},"modified":"2020-08-21T18:49:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T18:49:22","slug":"rape-an-anomaly-taken-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=29702","title":{"rendered":"Rape – An Anomaly Taken Too Far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rape – An Anomaly Taken Too Far<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years,\nthe media space has been awash  with\nstories and countless stories of rape. Ear tingling stories of rape of adults\nand minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite\ngovernment involvement, which unfortunately has not done much to tackle the root\ncauses of this social vice, the menace has persistently taken a foothold in the\nsociety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to\nUNICEF, six out of 10 children in Nigeria experience emotional, physical or\nsexual abuse before age 18, with half experiencing physical violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More of this\nsexual abuse can be attributed to the decay of societal norms and values\noccasioned by moral decadence and dearth of moral values and a poor\ninstitutional frame work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word\nRape stem from the middle English “rapen”, Anglo French word – ”\nraper”,  and Latin\n“rapere” to mean seize, carry off by force, plunder. It has its\ndocumented origin as far back as 1250- 1300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rape\nDefined<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dictionary.Com\ndefined rape as an unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration\nof the vagina, anus or mouth of another person with or without force by a sex\norgan, other body part or foreign object without the consent of the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam\nWebster dictionary went a notch further to give an indepth understanding of it\nas an “Unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse\ncarried  out forcibly or under threat of\ninjury against a person’s will or with a person beneath a certain age or\nincapable of valid consent, because of mental illness, mental deficiency,\nintoxication, unconsciousness or deception”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark the key\nwords, ” Unlawful”, “Threat”, ” Without Threat”,\n“Consent”, meaning that, the act itself, is not within the ambit of\nthe law and the person MUST be able to give a valid, explainable consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne L.\nBarstow, a retired Professor of History and Editor of War’s Dirty Secret, in\nher book; Rape, Prostitution and Other Crimes Against Women, has this to say,\n” Rape, act of sexual intercourse with an individual without his\nor her consent, through force or the threat of force. In many jurisdictions,\nthe crime of rape has been subsumed under that of sexual assault,\nwhich also encompasses acts that fall short of intercourse. Rape was\nlong considered to be caused by unbridled sexual desire, but it is now\nunderstood as a pathological assertion of power over a victim”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statutory\nRape<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She went\nfurther to state that, “the age at which an individual may give effective\nconsent to sexual intercourse is commonly set in most countries at between 14\nand 18 years. Sexual intercourse with a person below the age of consent is\ntermed statutory rape, and consent is no longer relevant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nterm statutory rape specifically refers to the legal proscription\nagainst having sexual intercourse with a child or any other person presumed to\nlack comprehension of the physical and other consequences of the act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nterm statutory rape may also refer to any kind of sexual assault\ncommitted against a person above the age of consent by an individual in a\nposition of authority, e.g., employers, teachers, clergy, doctors, and\nparents”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are\ndifferent levels to the definition of rape, but I will be narrowing down within\nthe Nigerian clime and constitution and spare the indepth definition, but\nwhatever its origin and definition, it remains a serious crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provocative\ndressing as a Reason For Rape<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent\ntimes, the menace of rape has not only become vicious, but has generated alot\nof controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there\nare no justification for the violation of both male or female sexually, alot of\npeople justify the act, claiming that provocation dressing is a reason for\nrape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others also\ngo with the assertion that, being at a certain place, with companies of persons\nand not knowing techniques to resisit the predator has also contributed to\nbeing raped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I can\nstrongly disagree to the above  assertions\nas events and incidents have proved otherwise. For provocative dressing, minors\nget raped, boys get raped, people who even dress well get raped!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter\nthe technique taught a minor on how to resist a pedophile, if they are stronger\nthan them, they will be over powered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being in\nsome companies of persons, whether strange or not, is still not an excuse, as\nevidences have proved that, a greater number of victims were raped by people\nwho are relatives, who they are familiar with and whom they have reposed a high\nlevel of trust on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lack of\nInstitutional Framework and Loopholes In The Constitution Is Still Not An\nExcuse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Age of\nconsent is another bone of contention, some hold the belief is even a 13 year\nold girl is sexually aware and active, as such, can consent to sex. This is an\nappalling and despicable to say!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is enough\nevil that instead of showing a girl of that age a pen or a vocation, the line\nshe was allowed to tow is the penis. Let it be known that the family and\nsociety has failed such a child for failing to put up an institutional frame\nwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the line\nof my job, I was opportuned to visit a brothel during the covid break with a\ncivil society group who were sent by a development partner to deliver relief\nmaterials. The experience left me bothered for days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A young girl\n(name witheld), below the age of 18 was in attendance. Her attitude and\nmannerism, depicted a troubled child. She looked so withdrawn, afraid and\nvulnerable all through the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it was\ntime for her to write her name and fill out other details, she couldn’t even\nwrite her name and provide  the details!\nYet she was shown the way of the penis!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Age Of\nConsent Explained<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the\ncontroversial stance on the age of consent, the Nigeria Constitution is very\nclear on this. Nigeria Sexual Offences Bill Stipulates 17years as age of\nconsent and not 11 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bill\nwhich was sponsored by the then Senator Chris Anyanwu which passed second\nreading in November 21,2013, states in section 7 of the bill that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.A person\nwho commits an act which causes penetration with a child is guilty of an\noffense called defilement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.A person\nwho commits an offence of defilement with a child age eleven years or less\nshall upon conviction be sentenced  to\nimprisonment for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 A person\nwho commits an offence of defilement with a child between the age of twelve and\nfifteen years is liable upon conviction to imprisonment for life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.A person\nwho commits an offence of defilement with a child between the age of sixteen\nand eighteen years is liable upon conviction to imprisonment for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going by the\nabove bill, it also condemned child marriage.The fact that people are disbeying\nthe law and getting away with it, including child marriage especially those\nbelow the age of consent, doesn’t all  of\na sudden make it right.The law is explicit on this<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life\nExperiences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Ogechi (\nnot real name), from a community in Owerri West, the harrowing experience of\nher father defiling her will remain indelible in her mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was only\n7years when her father started having carnal knowledge of her. The children\nwere left under the care of their father, after their mother died in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The act was\nfirst exposed in 2016 but he did not stop. Her father was subsequently arrested\nin 2017 when civil society organization waded in. Currently, he is serving\nterms at the Owerri Prison, after subjecting his daughter to four years in\nhell!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A similar\nand a more recent incident of a father raping his daughter, was committed by a\n44year old man, against his 15 year old daughter for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man\nwhose name was given as Chinomso Okonkwo did not stop at himself, he went as\nfar as inviting his friends to take turns. He was arrested by operatives of\nOrji division and is currently facing charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or is the\nunfortunate incident of the Junior secondary student of Ikenegbu Girls who was\ndeceived by an ITC driver?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 13year\nold girl recounted that, the man started pestering her when she was in JSS 1\n(2017) and continued every other day whenever she was returning from school,\nand she declined his offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She confided\nin the police that the day she accepted the man\u2019s request, was the day he drove\nher into a bush, tore her cloths and raped her, as she went home bleeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspect\nconfessed that he had on two different occasions lured the 13 years old girl\nwith N100 note into his vehicle, where he drove her to secluded areas,\nincluding areas around Akachi Tower, Owerri-Aba Road to molest her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boys Get\nRaped Too<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before\nrounding off this piece, I want to draw attention to a pertinent area that is\nunder reported. Boys get raped too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time,\nefforts have been geared towards the protection of the GirlChild. There is\nabsolutely nothing wrong in that venture but protecting a particular sex and\nalienating the other, may not yield the desired result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The society\ndoesn’t get better with that. We are inadvertantly putting the GirlChild at\nrisk, when attention is not given to the Boychild. Over protection leads to\nvulnerability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the\nsociety must get better, efforts must be made to build both sexes. Some of\nthese boys go as far as getting sodomized!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading the\nsordid tales of some young men who narrated their experiences to a\ncorrespondent of Punch Newspaper, Tope Omogbolagun left nothing to be desired\nabout the Hydra headed monster – Rape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of them\nwere abused by female househelps, others by familiar people their family\ntrusted and left in their care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is\nmore? The culture of silence and patriarchy makes it difficult for the male\nfolk to open up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These men\nwho are grown now, some married, are still grappling to overcome the aftermath\nof years of abuse, which has became a part of them and hugely affecting their\nsexual life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Ugochi\nin his account said, he still gets easily triggered sexually and like others,\nfeel more attracted to older woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\nsaid,” I have some crazy sexual urge that I usually feel that maybe I was\njazzed. Another effect  this has on me is\nthat, I get attracted to older women even I try not to mess up myself”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychological\nMotivations Of A Rapist And The Possible Reaction Of The Victim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\npsychological motivations of rapists are more complex than was formerly\nthought. They may include the desire to punish, to gain revenge, to cause pain,\nto prove sexual prowess and to control through fear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\npsychological reactions of victims of rape also vary but usually include\nfeelings of shame, humiliation, confusion, fear, and rage. Victims often report\na feeling of perpetual defilement, an inability to feel clean, an overwhelming\nsense of vulnerability, and a paralyzing feeling of lack of control over their\nlives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a\nPsychologist, Prof.Oni Fagboungbe, he holds the belief that, older women tend\nto develop feelings for younger men and because they are deprived when they\ncan\u2019t get anyone to satisfy them, some of them go as far as raping young boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce the\ndependent variable is available, they go into it. This is one of the side\neffects of having mature domestic staff and others. When they do not have\naccess to sex, they begin to tutor the boys on how to go about it and engage them\nin all sorts of things to derive pleasure. \nRaping of boys happens”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\npsychologist said that rape could bring a traumatic experience which one could\nonly recover from through help from counsellors or therapists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stated,\n\u201cOne thing about traumatic experience is that it has a way of manifesting later\nin adult days.  It could lead to sexual\nprejudice; that is not easily excited especially when the victim experiences a\nlot of pain during the act. Such a person might hate sex or the opposite sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the\nother hand, it may lead to promiscuity, wanting to have sex all the time\nwhenever they see the opposite sex. They sometimes become stingy not wanting to\nshare anything with people or being hostile to people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe best way to bring such victims out of the trauma is to help them see a counsellor or a psychologist that can help them out of the trauma. The experience is usually stored in the unconscious part of the mind. There is a link between the three types of the mind: The conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind. Whatever is locked up in the unconscious mind has a way of finding its way into the subconscious and conscious mind”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[03:17, 13\/08\/2020] Tochi Trumpeta: How Imo Man Was Beheaded By His Friend In Edo Over N13m Account Balance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A man has beheaded his colleague in Auchi, Edo state, after he confided in him that his elder brother living in South Africa had sent him some money to complete his building project in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abuchi Wisdom Nwachukwu, native of Isiala Mbano LGA of Imo state, was allegedly murdered by Moses, his friend and colleague, after informing the latter that his elder brother had sent him the sum of N13 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deceased was hacked to death by Moses a Mechanical engineer graduate of Auchi Polytecnic, on January 7, 2020, during a night shift at the table water company where they both worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After beheading him, he left Nwachukwu\u2019s lifeless body in a bush close to the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the alleged murder, the suspect took the deceased’s phone and ATM card to some internet fraudsters who helped him withdraw the sum of N2.2m from his account and subsequently, various POS points in the city to withdraw sums of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deceased\u2019s brother later petitioned the police and they were able to trace the POS transactions Moses did to Benin, Ore and Auchi and later arrested him in a hotel where he was hiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon interrogation, Moses led IRT operatives to arrest suspected internet fraudsters\u2014Yusuf Sagiru, Tony Bright and Terence Okochukwu\u2014as well as businessman Jahswill Ogbonnaya, who were said to have helped Moses to withdraw the sum of N6 million from the account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspect in his confession claimed the victim’s ghost has been hunting him since the day he killed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cI work in a table water company in Abely area of Auchi, and I have been working in that company in the last four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Nwachukwu got a job in the factory, I was the person who taught him how to operate the machine, so we became very close friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile we were working, Nwachukwu told me about his brother who lives in South Africa and how he has been sending money to build his house for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe showed me the alert for the N13 million his brother had just sent to him, saying that he would be travelling to his village to carry out the project. I felt jealous and I decided to steal the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince we were friends, I tricked him and collected his phone password. I went through it and found the PIN for his ATM card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFew days before the day he would be travelling, we worked on the same shift. I lured him outside the company, stabbed him with a knife and killed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI dragged his body into the bush, and because I don\u2019t want people to recognise him easily, I cut off his neck and buried it. Then I took his ATM card to some fraudsters. I gave it to one Yusuf and told him that I needed to hack the account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe withdrew N2.2 million from the account. I had trouble with Yusuf because he and the people he brought in wanted to cheat me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI killed him on January 8, 2020 and travelled to Ore and Benin City. I stayed in several hotels and was carrying different women, but Nwachukwu\u2019s spirit started disturbing me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhenever I want to sleep, the boy\u2019s spirit will appear to me and will be crying. The girls that were with me would run away, saying that I want to use them for money ritual.\u201d
\n[03:19, 13\/08\/2020] Tochi Trumpeta: Beware of Artisans Who Install Household Equipments<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imolites are warned to be wary of artisans they invite into their homes for installations of household materials as some of them are robbers in disguise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suspected robbers were apprehended by the Amaigbo Security Watch in Nwangele LGA of Imo state, over the weekend, after coming back to steal materials they installed earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two suspects it was gathered from a viral video, hail from Amaigbo while the other third one is a native of a community in Arondizuogu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a tip off, they were given a hot chase by the community vigilante who overpowered them and their stolen items in their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for the timely intervention of some stakeholders of the community, the suspects would have been set ablaze by the already angry and charged youths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspects whose names could not be ascertained at press time, have been handed over to the police for further investigations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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