A Twitter user Hauwa Nuhu, took to her handle @WaasiShaffii to narrate how an unnamed 14-year-old girl in Katsina state delivered nemesis on a man who tried to sexually attack her.
Rape cases in Nigeria in recent times have become a daily affair, particularly the rape of minors, this ugly vice if not checked will leave ripple effects; the full consequences of which will tell on the society only in a few years.
But exactly how will rape be stifled when the institutions that should enforce justice are rather offhand.
Well, the 14-year-old girl who was about to be raped according to the twitter user, Hauwa, who shared the story did not wait for existing systems to fail her before taking matters into her own hands and slashed the penis of her attacker.
The Twitter user, Hauwa, wrote:
“In Katsina, a 14yr old girl was almost raped by a man.
The only thing that stopped him was her taking a razor and slashing his penis. I Stan.
On 14th April, he will be arraigned before the court. Beautiful. Masha Allah.”
Hauwa who said she was proud of the little girl’s bravery also said that the maimed pervert will be arraigned over the incidence on the 14th of April.
In response to another Twitter follower who praised the unnamed girl’s bravery and suggested the time was ripe to organise public trainings for girls on self defence, Hauwa wrote:
“Sis. I’ve been screaming this the whole day.
We need to organize actual public trainings for girls on how to defend themselves with blades and
tasers and pepper spray against rapists because it’s the only way these fuckers gonn learn to not rape.”
As more comments came in response to her tweet, another user on the app, pointed out the lax nature of justice delivery in Nigeria, especially in rape cases. The app user named Aneesa wrote:
“The saddest thing about this story is he won’t be imprisoned.
The ingredients of Proving attempted raped has never been met up in court ????”
In response, Hauwa, who posted the story initially wrote:
“Probably. Which is why it’s satisfying to know he at least no longer has a penis.”
Aneesa then replied;
“That’s the only justice she could get for herself and others. This girl needs to be honored ????”
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But if rape victims are to deliver justice by their own hands, and minors are entrusted with their own safety when institutions are failing to provide same, how far along can we get with the struggle to end rape?
