NSCDC Kwara State Command Reports 159 Gender-Based Violence Cases in One Year

Date: 2024-08-09

According to a news report from Daily Post, the Gender Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has announced that it has received 159 reports of gender-based violence in the state over the past year.

State Commandant Dr Umar Mohammed shared this information during a press briefing in Ilorin, the state capital.

He highlighted the significant progress made by the command in tackling Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and safeguarding vulnerable individuals within the state.

The Gender Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command, says it has received 159 gender-based violence cases in the state in the last one year.

The State Commandant, Dr Umar Mohammed, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Ilorin, the state capital.

He noted the substantial progress in the efforts of the command to combat Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and protect vulnerable individuals within the state.

Umar said “The cases include 76 cases of domestic violence, physical assault and intimidation, 58 cases of abandonment of responsibility, 11 cases of sexual abuse and rape,12 cases of threats to life and two cases of missing children.

He noted that several cases are currently in court and assured the public that all offenders will be prosecuted in accordance with the laws of the land.

Dr Umar reiterated the Corps' unwavering stance of zero tolerance for Gender-Based Violence and expressed the Corps' ongoing commitment to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to aggressively combat this societal menace.

He urged members of the public to support the Corps by providing actionable intelligence to help prevent crime in the state.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulrasheed Akogun     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Ijakadi     Rashidi Yekini     Elerinjare     Minimum Wage     Adama Isa     Offa Grammer School     IESA     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Admiralty Villa     Abiodun Oyedepo     Borgu     Seed Technologies     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Maigida Soludero Transit     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Adaramaja     Kunbi Titiloye     Wahab Agbaje     Guber Aspirant     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Osuwa     Femi Gbajabiamila     Ilorin Like-Minds     Basit Olatunji     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Crystal Corner Shops     Akeem Olatunji     Tope Daramola     Aliyu Salihu     Donatus Ejidike     Ilorin.Info     Rasaq Jimoh     Split Diamond Interchange     Olofa Of Offa     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Bursary     Adisa Logun     Shuaib Olarongbe     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Saka Isau     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Yusuf A. Usman     Gani Saadu     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Abdulwahab Oba     Innocent Okoye     Ramat Oganija     Awwal Jawondo     Oyedepo     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Village Alive Development Association     AGILE Programme     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Kwara Restoration Project     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Ayinke Saka     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Owo Isowo     Saheed Alakoso     Yakubu Danladi     Sarah Jubril     Kehinde Boyede     Musa Aibinu     GRA     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Saadu Yusuf     Adamu Atta     Saidu Yaro Musa     Aliyu Muhammed     Clara Nwachukwu     Charles Ibitoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Memunat Monsuma     Moremi High School     FOMWAN     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Omupo     Yahaya Dumoye     GANZY     Mujtabah Bature     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     NIPOGA     Pilgrims Board     Kwara United     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Benin Republic     Tunji Arosanyin     Segun Olawoyin     Just Law Forum     Olaoye B. Felix     Alfa Yahaya Road     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Adedeji Onimago     New Nigeria People’s Party     Mukhtar Shagaya     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Akeem Olatunji     Umar Adelodun     Pategi     Ike Ekweremadu     Nigeria Computer Society     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Magaji Erubu     Ahmed Alhasssan     GGDSS Pakata     Amuda Aluko     Kwasu     Kassim Babamale     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Fatimat Saliu     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Saadu Yusuf     Kwara Polytechnic     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Pius Abioje     Amos Sayo     Ijagbo Health Centre     Suleiman Mora Omar     Ajibike Katibi     Vasolar     Nnazua     Okala Baba     Ilota     Titus Ashaolu     Rasaq Jimoh     Mamatu Abdullahi     Muslim Cementary     IESA     Crystal Corner Shops     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Orisun Igbomina     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Seun Bolaji     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Aliyu Umar     Oni Adebayo     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Towoju     Emir Of Ilorin     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Pakata Patriots     Ibrahim Oniye     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Guber Aspirant