Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, believes that the most effective way of
ending rape and sexual assault in Nigeria is by making sure that the
genitals of convicted rapists are cut off.
Ita-Giwa said this on Saturday, while speaking as a special guest at
‘Magnenta and Black Art & Fashion for Charity’, a fund raising
exhibition for Mirabel Centre.
She stressed that jailing child-rapists is not enough punishment for their evil acts.
While recounting the ordeal of a rape victim, she said: “The lady
said she was happy that she got justice for her four-year-old daughter
who was raped by two men but, in my mind, if I were a judge and a man is
brought to court for raping a child, he will receive capital
punishment. But I will say,`don’t kill him, rather let him live his life
in pain, let his organ be cut off.”
“He should not be allowed the pleasure of using that organ anymore.
If the organ is not cut off, at the end of his term in prison, he will
use it on other children.”
“Fortunately for them, I’m no longer in the Senate but I will find a
way to get it into the chamber. This is the proper way to end the evil
of rape in the society.”