In a recent news by Daily Post, a pathologist with Central Hospital, Benin said on Monday that the hospital recorded more than 80 cases of rape from March to mid-October.
Dr Jude Uchendu, a Consultant Pathologist in the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine in the hospital, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin.
He said that more than 90 per cent of the cases were committed by people known by the victims with a significant number committed by neighbours or blood relations.
He said that only few were carried out by strangers, such as armed robbers and people who met the girls on the way and took them to uncompleted buildings.
Uchendu also said that some of the perpetrators of the crime were the girls’ fathers and caregivers.
“Between the month of March and October, we have interviewed over 80 patients and unfortunately, most of them are less than 18 years.
