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.

Magaji Nda     Odo-Owa     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Fulani     Kwara Consultative Forum     EndSARS     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Oye Tinuoye     Okanlawon Taiwo     Ariyo     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Bola Tinubu     Sheriff Shagaya     Kayode Ogunlowo     Osinbajo     Offorjama     New Nigeria People’s Party     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Face Masks     Frootify     Roheemat Hammed     Michael Ologundea     Agor     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Olusegun Adeniyi     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Oke-opin     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Mufti Of Ilorin     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Jaiz Bank     Students Union Government     TIC     Aliyu Alhassan     Kwara TV     Suleiman Ajadi     Sanusi Abubakar     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Communication Network Support Services     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Olam Food Ingredients     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     20 Billion Bond     Agor Market     Nigerian Medical Association     Playing Host     Omoniyi Ayinla     Tafida Of Ilorin     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Amusement Park     Akume     Tunde Saad     Riskat Opakunle     Lithium     Gobir Organization Foundation     Illyasu Abdullahi     Saka Isau     Ayedun     Simeon Sule Ajibola     First Lady     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Olatomiwa Williams     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Abdulrasaq Alaro     AbdulRahman Saad     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Yemi Sanni     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Abdulrauf Aliyu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mufutau Olatinwo     Khairat Gwadabe     Salman Alada     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Frootify     Saka Isau     IHS Towers     Adamu Atta     Ndakene     Kwara 2015     Turaki     Omoniyi Ayinla     Maigida     Yakubu Dogara     Bamidele Adegoke     Student Learning Support Helpline     GANZY     Vasolar     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Raheem Adaramaja     Ishaq Salman     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Aliyu Adebayo     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Alabi Lawal     Ilorin East     Bisi Oyeleke     Amada Jidda     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Agor     Maryam Nurudeen     Maryam A. Garuba     Hakeem Lawal     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Lanre Badmus     Omotoso     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Kayode Ishola     Henry Olaosebikan     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Shururat Olatinwo     Mustapha Akanbi     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     PPS     Mujtabah Bature     Olayinka Are     Just Law Forum     HYPPADEC     Albert Ogunsola     Bola Shagaya     Saadu Alanamu     Saduki Lafiagi     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Mahmud Ajeigbe     College Of Health     ASUU     Kale Bayero     Adegoke Bamidele     Shehu Salau     Olatunde Michaels     Oniwasi Agbaye     Yetunde Balogun     Eruku     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Federal Allocation     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Stephen Fasakin     Council Of The Wise     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Busari Alabi Alausa     Bayo Lawal     Raliat AbdulRazaq     JAMB     Afetu Of Alabe