Nigeria sex offender register: How e fit epp you
Di Nigerian goment don launch dia national sex offender register way di agency behind am say na to encourage victims to come out and report.
National Agency for di Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) collabo wit non-governmental organisations and support from di British Council, launch di register for Abuja. NAPTIP Director of Public Enlightenment Arinze Orakwue tell BBC say di register go show di names of convicted offenders wey violate section 46 of di Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015, and no be di ones wey still be suspects. "Di trauma and di way for our society we dey allow anytin, na im dey make some pipo no dey come out to report. Na dis kain tins we wan change... but we no say e no go dey easy. Orakwue say e dey important for victims to report and see to di end say justice happen. "We dey even get reports but some of di victims dey change mind afta small time. Some pipo (victims) go dey reason am say shey na me go be di reason why my brother, or my sister, or your uncle wey rape me, go come go jail?" Orakwue hala. How di sex offender register go work E dey important to note say some states for di West African kontri don already get sex offender registry like Lagos and di recent one from Ekiti state for south west Nigeria.