The Gombe State Office of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday advised parents to always speak up against rape to protect children and ensure reduction of rape cases in the state.

The chairperson of Melary Legal Advocacy and Human Right Initiative, Hussaina Ibrahim says some of the rape cases reported in Kano state are untrue.

 A 34-year-old man, Tunde Eyifunjowo, who allegedly defiled a seven-year-old girl, was on Monday, remanded in Kirikiri Prisons, on the orders of an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Modakeke on Monday sentenced one Jimoh Oyemoni, 40, to three years imprisonment for raping an 80-year-old woman.

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, admitted a 40-year-old man, Frederick Akinboboye, to bail in the sum of N500,000 for failing to produce his 15-year-old son to face trial for alleged rape of a minor. 

An Upper Area Court II, Kabong in Jos, on Friday sentenced a 15-year-old student to two years in prison for raping a nine-year-old girl.

An Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, remanded a 58-year-old security guard, Johnson Okon, accused of raping his 14-year-old daughter, in prison custody.

The Police, Monday, brought a 58-year-old man, Sunday Akpan, before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old step daughter.

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, on Monday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Nura Bala, be remanded in prison for the alleged rape of a 22-year-old woman.

The former Commissioner of information and Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Biodiversity, Mr. Edet Okon Asim, is currently cooling his heels in police custody for continuously defiling an underaged girl for about three years in Calabar.