Nigerians have taken to the streets to protests over the recent spike in the number of victims of gender based violence.
The purpose for the protest, according to a source, is a call on the Government to declare a state of emergency on gender based violence.
A participant in the protest identified on twitter as @AbiodunEssiet, wrote;
We are here at the . @PoliceNG headquarters in Abuja to ask the. @NigeriaGov to take a critical look on issues affecting women and girls and declare a state of emergency on sexual and genders based violence in #Nigeria #StateOfEmergencyGBV #justiceforvictims UBUNTU. @thecableng”
Another participants, identified on twitter as @DCynthiaM wrote ;
“Declare #StateOfEmergencyGBV women and girls need to be safe and free in Nigeria. Stop raping our children! Stop raping our women! Stop Violence against women and girls Nigeria!”
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See Video and tweets below;
