Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has signed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Bill 2019 into law.
He signed the bill to coincide with a rally organised by members of Federation of International Women Lawyers, NGOs, and market women.
The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe, and her counterpart in the Women Affairs and Social Development also joined the protesters.
Obaseki said Edo State had respect for women and wondered why people should carry out violence against women, video them and upload them on the Internet.
He said, “We will not support violence against women by anybody and we will ensure that justice is served in these cases.”
Wife of the governor, Mrs Betsy Obaseki, while receiving the protesters at the Government House, disclosed that she visited the state House of Assembly twice last year to appeal for the passage of the law.
She said, “Women all over the world and the entire human race collectively condemn and denounce the assault, trial by ordeal, inhuman and degrading treatment meted on one of our daughters.
“This act has been widely described by Nigerians and non Nigerians as barbaric, cruel, evil, wicked, satanic and most degrading. This is a crime against women the world over. It is indeed a crime that shocks the human conscience and cannot be tolerated.”
Earlier, the state Chairman of FIDA, Miss Irene Omorogiuwa, urged the state government to give his assent to the violence against persons prohibition bill to facilitate the prosecution of offenders.
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He signed the bill to coincide with a rally organised by members of Federation of International Women Lawyers, NGOs, and market women.
The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe, and her counterpart in the Women Affairs and Social Development also joined the protesters.
Obaseki said Edo State had respect for women and wondered why people should carry out violence against women, video them and upload them on the Internet.
He said, “We will not support violence against women by anybody and we will ensure that justice is served in these cases.”
Wife of the governor, Mrs Betsy Obaseki, while receiving the protesters at the Government House, disclosed that she visited the state House of Assembly twice last year to appeal for the passage of the law.
She said, “Women all over the world and the entire human race collectively condemn and denounce the assault, trial by ordeal, inhuman and degrading treatment meted on one of our daughters.
“This act has been widely described by Nigerians and non Nigerians as barbaric, cruel, evil, wicked, satanic and most degrading. This is a crime against women the world over. It is indeed a crime that shocks the human conscience and cannot be tolerated.”
Earlier, the state Chairman of FIDA, Miss Irene Omorogiuwa, urged the state government to give his assent to the violence against persons prohibition bill to facilitate the prosecution of offenders.
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