Since the news of
SP. Adekunle Awe, former DPO of Onikan Police Station, Lagos State,
broke; I had heard a lot of commentaries against and in support of his
conduct from different policemen. Awe was alleged to have raped a
suspect, Idowu Akinwunmi while she was under his custody. While some of
the arguments were sensible, others were outrageous.
One of the outrageous ones is policemen argument that the ‘sex’ or ‘rape’ act between Awe and Akinwunmi was supposedly consensual. Buttressing their argument, the policemen said: “The DPO did not tear off her clothes or panties. Did he force her into his inner room?
Was there any struggle or resistance from the girl?” Rape has gone beyond the traditional definition obtainable in the dictionary. Rape is now beyond a guy tearing off clothes and panties of a resisting lady before pouncing on her. Policemen can be charged with rape of their wives!
Yes, a woman you married and paid her bride price. If your wife refuses you sex and you forced yourself on her, its called statutory rape and you can be jailed for it if you’re dragged before a modern magistrate or judge. Whether Akinwunmi seduced Awe out of desperation to secure bail for her country men or not, is not the issue. The issue is that she was a detainee, under Awe’s custody.
That he had sex with her, is like holding an invisible gun to her head, because at that point, she had no choice! It was a time she was psychologically unbalanced and clearly not thinking. The fact that Awe threatened her with jail after she refused his sexual advances, settles the question on rape.
Whatever the ongoing panel comes up with, it should be a punishment that must serve as deterrent to other police officers. The Nigeria Police Force should also begin to educate their officers on rape.
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One of the outrageous ones is policemen argument that the ‘sex’ or ‘rape’ act between Awe and Akinwunmi was supposedly consensual. Buttressing their argument, the policemen said: “The DPO did not tear off her clothes or panties. Did he force her into his inner room?
Was there any struggle or resistance from the girl?” Rape has gone beyond the traditional definition obtainable in the dictionary. Rape is now beyond a guy tearing off clothes and panties of a resisting lady before pouncing on her. Policemen can be charged with rape of their wives!
Yes, a woman you married and paid her bride price. If your wife refuses you sex and you forced yourself on her, its called statutory rape and you can be jailed for it if you’re dragged before a modern magistrate or judge. Whether Akinwunmi seduced Awe out of desperation to secure bail for her country men or not, is not the issue. The issue is that she was a detainee, under Awe’s custody.
That he had sex with her, is like holding an invisible gun to her head, because at that point, she had no choice! It was a time she was psychologically unbalanced and clearly not thinking. The fact that Awe threatened her with jail after she refused his sexual advances, settles the question on rape.
Whatever the ongoing panel comes up with, it should be a punishment that must serve as deterrent to other police officers. The Nigeria Police Force should also begin to educate their officers on rape.
SMS:08189679439
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