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.

Kwarareports     Olabode Towoju     Ilorin Muslim Community     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Kwara Volleyball Association     Universal Basic Education Commission     Yusuf Abubakar     KFA     Adeniyi Ojo     Kwara South     Overland     Ganiyu Abolarin     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Mansur Alfanla     Ilota     Sulyman Buhari     National Broadcasting Commission     ANCOPPS     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Asa LGEA School     Zaratu Umar     Millennium Development Goals     Omu-aran     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Awoye     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Isau     ER-KANG     Elewu     James Ayeni     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Kwara University Of Education     Jimba Babatunde     Bolaji Gambari     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Bayer AG     John Kehinde Salako     Balogun-Ojomu     JAAC     Laduba     Paul Odama     KWASEIC     Ajayi Okasanmi     COVID-19 Palliatives     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Shade Omoniyi     Ishola Abdullahi     Erubu Oba Zubair     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Just Event Online     Lanre Badmas     Saliu Ajia     Saheed Akinwumi     Michael Ologundea     March 18     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Iyiola Oyedepo     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Yemi Osinbajo     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Iponrin     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Saba Mamman Daniel     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Yoonus Lawal     Boko Haram     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Magaji Are     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     T And K FOODS    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ajia-Bako     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     KWATMA     NULGE     Yahya Mohammed     Ahmed Alhasssan     KFA     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Muritala Olarewaju     Ojuekun     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Alagbado     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Durbar     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Gurei     Emir Of Yashikira     YAKOOYO     Haleeman Salman     ITP     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Budo-Egba     Marafan Shonga     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Ojo Fadumila     Omu-aran     Kayode Laro     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Turaki     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     NNPP     Yemi Sanni     Quranic Recitation Competition     Lawan     Isiaq Khadeejah     Fatai Garuba Labaka     NITDA     Ndama Al-hassan     KWSIEC     Salman Suleiman     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Simeon Sule Ajibola     General Hospital     Eghe Igbinehi     Olomu     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Sanusi Abubakar     Saraki     Tsaragi     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Sadiq Umar     Ajayi Okasanmi     National Information Technology Development Agency     Barakat Community Secondary School     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Suleman Abubakar     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Okin Biscuit     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Omotosho     Kannike     Abioye Bello     Mahee Abdulkadir     Belgore     Ilorin Like-Minds     Oyedepo     Hauwa Nuru     Tunde Saad     Dele Momodu     Yusuf Lawal     Dauda Adesola     Oro Grammar School     KSIRS     Atiku Abubakar     Olabimpe Olani     Bankole Omishore     Tanke Road