The angry women stormed the office of Umuada Igbo Nigeria, a Non Governmental Organisation, alleging that some boys between the ages of 17 and 25, had formed the habit of raping old women of between 60 and 80 years, and even the blind.
The women, who came in three buses told members of Umuada Igbo Nigeria that out of the 13 rape victims, one died as a result of excessive bleeding induced by the injury she sustained when she was raped in turns for more than three hours by the sex maniacs.
During the peaceful protest, which lasted for more than five hours, the women appealed to members of Umuada Igbo Nigeria to intervene without delay in order to save them from further harassment as they could no longer sleep with their two eyes closed.
They said the case which started in April this year had already been reported to the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Enugu State police command.
Speaking to journalists, the Founder and President-General of Umuada Igbo Nigeria, Lolo Dr Uzoamaka Ezeofor, who had earlier addressed the aggrieved women, expressed total disappointment over the attitude of the criminals, wondering what sexual satisfaction they derive from raping old women.
“On the part of Umuada Igbo Nigeria, we are going to Opi on Saturday, October 15, 2011. All the representatives of the seven Igbo speaking states of Abia, Anambra, Rivers, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo will be there .
“The act perpetrated is an abomination in Igbo land, Nigeria and the whole world. And all members of Umuada Igbo Nigeria see it as such. We are going there to pray and beg God to forgive the perpetrators because such abominable act can attract the wrath of God that is capable of wiping out the communities in which the unholy act was committed,”Ezeofor declared.
Written by Jude Ossai, Enugu
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
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