Residents of Pesepa community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory have raised alarm over increase in cases of rape and kidnapping of their daughters, calling for urgent intervention of the government.
The head of the community, Saleh Gyazanyimade, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja that the girls are kidnapped and raped at regular intervals as they go to fetch water or go to school in nearby communities.
He said that because of the security challenge, a lot of their youths had stopped going to school for fear of their safety.
The chief, who gave the population of the village as over 3,000, however, identified some of their challenges to include lack of potable water, as well as lack of secondary school, healthcare facilities and electricity, among others.
“We appeal to government to come to our aid because we have been abandoned for so long;…
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