Sokoto -Some young adolescent girls aged between 10 and 15 years  in Sokoto State have formed an Anti-Rape Vanguard.

The girls under the auspices of the vanguard had also organised a sensitisation meeting on sexual abuse and HIV/AIDS in Tangaza Local Government Area after a peer-education training.

NAN also reported that followed the training on the same topic organised by the association for better community health in collaboration with Global Fund for Women.

The training was organised for 20 adult women and 30 adolescent girls from Binji and Tangaza local government areas on reproductive health.

Another fall-out of the training was the formation of the vanguard’s chapter in each of the 23 local government areas of  the state.

The District Head of Binji, Alhaji Usman Abdulwahab, represented by Alhaji Sada Usman, pledged the sustained support and cooperation to ensure the reduction of the incidences of rape.

‘’We will also make sure that the culprits are brought to book. I am, however, urging  women to always report cases to the authorities, especially the traditional rulers and policy-makers.

‘’This is to enable the  government to be aware of the magnitude of the problem to take the necessary actions to stop the ugly incidences,” he added .

Hajiya Hajara Momodu, the Executive Director of the association, said that “at least one child is raped every week in Sokoto  State and hence increases the spread of HIV/AIDS’’.