FCT Minister calls for castration of rapists

The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu has called for the outright castration of rapists to serve as deterrent to the increasing cases of rape in the country.

The minister made the call at the weekend after the distribution of palliative items to the leadership of FCT National Council of Women Societies, Nigeria Labour Congress and the FCT chapter of the Nigeria Football Association of Coaches.

She disclosed that the FCT Administration was working closely with security agencies and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person to push for serious institutional framework that would ensure justice is served, stressing that members of the community would be engaged in the battle against rape especially of minors.

The minister who described rape of minors as heinous crime maintained that death penalty was not the best of option for offenders, arguing that when a society chooses to kill such offenders, they die without remembering the crime they have committed against humanity.