Women cry out over incessant rape in farms

The paramount ruler of Agwada Chiefdom in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, has cried out over the incessant raping of women in farms in his community.

The ruler told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in the Agwada Development Area of the state that unknown gunmen have been raping women in their farms.

Sadiq, who is the Osu, Agwada, told NAN that the development posed a huge insecurity challenge to his community.

He said it had affected the community as women were afraid of going to their farms

Sadiq also decried the incessant armed robbery attacks in the area and called for a beef-up of security in the area to curtail the activities of the rampaging rapists and robbers who have laid siege on the community.

“The incessant armed robbery attacks in this development area have become a serious concern not only to the residents of this area but to the entire state as it has adversely affected our lives and socio-cultural activities negatively.

“Apart from stealing of people’s properties and farm produce, they also kill and rape our women who are doing their farming activities in order to earn a living with their family members.

“This is a threat, not only to the health of the women in my domain, but it is threatening the health of the entire community. This is evil and we must always preach against it for peace to reign in our society.

“Their activities have created fear in my people, especially the women, and this has affected agricultural production negatively and I want to appeal to the security agents to beef-up security in my area, so that my people can go about their normal activities without fear of being attacked.
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