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.

Yekeen Alabi     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Agor Market     Iliasu     Ali Ahmad     Raheem Adaramaja     Kabir Shagaya     Gamji Members Association     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Mohammed Abduraheem     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Budo-Egba     Modibo Kawu     2017 Budget     Share/Tsaragi     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     2023 Elections     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     John Mayokun Dada     Alimi     IQRA College     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Donatus Ejidike     Emmanuel Bello     Saka Onimago     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Alfa Belgore     April 11     Mansur Alfanla     Cornelius Fawenu     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Yusuf Arowosaye     Susan Modupe Oluwole     National Information Technology Development Agency     Yoruba     Saeedat Aliyu     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Abubakar Aliagan     Bola Sagaya     Ilorin Durbar     Suleiman Mora Omar     Ayinde Oki     JSSCE     Kishira     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Ayo Opadokun     Offa Poly     Noah Yusuf     GGDSS Pakata     Olokoba     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Sango-UITH Road     Wole Oke     Akorede     Musa Yeketi     Kannike     Bolaji Gambari     Ayinde Oyepitan     Ghali Muhammed     Justina Oha     Ajase-Ipo     Read With Me     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Haleeman Salman     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Ita-Nmo Market     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Ilofa     Ibrahim Mashood     Sa\'ad Alanamu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Atiku Abubakar     Olushola Saraki     Bareke     Shuaib Abdulkadir     UTME     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Unilorin     KwaraLearn     Shonga Farm Project     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Saba Mamman Daniel     Tsaragi     A.E. Afolabi     Yusuf Lawal     Lukman Adeloyin     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     KWASEIC     Olatunji Bamgbola     Jaigbade Alao     T And K FOODS     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Salihu Jibril Garbi     ER-KANG     Saka Aleshinloye     Idris Garuba     Irepodun     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Jare Olatundun     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Halimah Perogi     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Arinola Lawal     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Gbugbu International Market     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Omotosho     Oluranti Idowu     Inside Kwara     Rasaq Jimoh     Oke-Ogun     Amuda Aluko     Undergraduate Bursary     Belgore     Council Of The Wise     Rafiu Olasile     Ekweremadu     Kwara Basketball Association     Nigerian Army     Ethical College     International Aviation College     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Kwara State Governor     Ahman Pategi University     NTA Ilorin     Ghali Alaaya     Binta Abubakar-Mora     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Peter Amogbonjaye     Federal Allocation     Ilorin Emirate     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Toyin Saraki     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Omar Bolaji Gambari     CLAY POT     Nigerian Medical Association     Ado Bayero     Mubarak Oladosu     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Principal Private Secretary     Maigida     Abdullahi Samari     Nagode