The State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, who disclosed this during a press briefing in Alausa on the activities of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) in the last one year, vowed that the State Government will not to shy away from prosecuting perpetrators of domestic violence crime no matter how highly placed in the society.
‘Let me sound a note of warning here that no matter how highly placed you are in the society, if you commit any domestic violence crime, Lagos State will go after you and prosecute you in court’.
He added that this administration under His Excellency Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has a zero tolerance for domestic violence and child abuse related issued and would not relent until the menace is reduced to the barest minimum.
Kazeem said some Government agencies such as Office of Public Defender (OPD), the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Directorates of Citizens rights, among others, have been mandated to ensure that perpetrators of the act are brought to justice while victims of domestic violence are given necessary support towards their reintegration.
“As regards provision of shelter for victims, the Ministries of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and Youth and Social Development as well as strategic partners NGOs have played key roles in ensuring that victims were evacuated to a safer environment of shelter homes’.
The Lagos HAG informed that research by the team has debunks the myth that mode of dressing is a “reason” why people rape, as none of the inmates sampled said they were aroused by what their victim wore.
‘Results of the research disclosedthat 89% of the inmates are always under the influence of Alcohol, while 10.9% were under the influence of hard drugs’.
He assured that the State Government would continue on door to door sensitisation campaigns and continued provision of relevant support to ensure effective and swift prosecution of cases in court.
DSVRT would hold a town hall meeting at Mercy Hall, Ikosi on Thursday 2nd June and a free legal clinic for victims of domestic violence, rape, defilement, child abuse and neglect at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa Secretariat on Friday 3rd June 2016.
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