The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday placed a bounty of N1.25million on the head of the five men alleged to have abused two women in the Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of the state.
The two women referred to as the Ejigbo 2, were alleged to have been sodomised in a market in Ejigbo over allegation of stealing pepper in December.
Speaking yesterday at a public hearing organised by the state House of Assembly to unravel the mystery behind the assault, Chairman of the House Ad-Hoc Committee on the assault on the two women, Hon. Ajibayo Adeyeye, said N1.2million would be made available to anybody that can provide information that would lead to the arrest of the accused.
It will be recalled that Women Arise for Initiative, alongside other civil society organisations in Lagos on December 30, 2013, embarked on a peaceful protest to the Assembly complex and submitted a petition for the state lawmakers to look into the case of the two women, who were stripped and abused.
Adeyeye while speaking at the public hearing, said having seen the level of barbarism and dehumanisation meted out unto the women, the committee members had resolved to place N1 million bounty on the accused persons while from his personal purse, he will add N250,000 to make it N1, 250, 000 for anybody that can provided any information on how to get those behind the evil act.
He also assured the people that the committee, after listening to different groups and individuals who made submission at the hearing will ensure that justice is served on the culprits.
In her address, President of Women Arise, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, said that the barbaric act meted out on the two women in Ejigbo should serve as deterrent to others so as to reduce rising cases of impunity in the country.
Also speaking, the Chairman of Ejigbo LCDA, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, during his presentation said that he has partnered with police authorities in the LCDA and community leaders to unravel the mystery surrounding the elusiveness of the perpetrators of the dastard act so as to bring them to book.
(Via National Mirror)
