“I’m not victim blaming, but a newsletter was circulated, the girls should have stayed home”
It’s God that would take you people
So where does that leave visitors?
What about homeless women?
What about women in emergency situations?
God take you again!
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON WOMEN AT OZORO FESTIVAL IS A NATIONAL DISGRACE
A society reveals its true character in how it treats its women. Where women are chased, stripped, groped, violated, and publicly humiliated by mobs under the guise of celebration, what is on display is not culture. It is barbarity. It is a collapse of conscience. It is a stain on our shared humanity.
The deeply disturbing reports emerging from a recent festival in Ozoro, Delta State are not just troubling, they are horrifying. Women were allegedly accosted in broad daylight, forcefully stripped of their clothing, sexually assaulted, and subjected to degrading treatment by groups of young men while others watched, recorded, and, in some instances, cheered. No woman should ever have to endure such terror, such exposure, such violation of her dignity.
This was not a festival. This was lawlessness. This was gender-based violence in its most primitive and shameful form.
These acts amount to a grave violation of the fundamental rights to dignity of the human person, personal liberty, and security as guaranteed under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), as well as other international human rights instruments. They also constitute serious criminal offences under our laws, including assault, sexual violence, and public indecency.
The NBA condemns these acts in the strongest possible terms. No tradition, no custom, no so-called cultural practice can excuse or legitimise the degradation and violation of women. Any practice that permits such cruelty is not culture. It is criminality.
We call on the Delta State Government and all relevant law enforcement agencies to act swiftly and decisively. The perpetrators must be identified, arrested, and prosecuted. Those who aided, enabled, or failed to intervene must also be held accountable. Justice must not be delayed, and it must not be selective.
Silence, indifference, or excuses in the face of such brutality only embolden further abuse.
We further call on community leaders, traditional institutions, and festival organisers to take urgent responsibility. Cultural celebrations must never become theatres of violence. They must reflect dignity, order, and respect for human life, not chaos and cruelty.
The protection of women is not optional. It is a legal duty. It is a moral obligation. It is a test of who we are as a people. Nigeria must not become a place where women live in fear of being stripped of both their clothing and their dignity in public spaces.
This must never happen again!
Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN
President, Nigerian Bar Association
Huwaila Muhammad
Chairperson, NBA Women Forum
If you have male children, you have a SACRED task of ensuring your son not only stands solid in character, but that he is also wise and courageous to stand up to his fellow men when they say and do evil to women.
Can you guys now see that we have a lot of work to do on the male child?
The Ozoro festival is enough reason. Out of many men, it’s just few that feel that what they’re doing isn’t right and out of that few , some will still mind their business.
When we said stop raping women, you people brought up false accusations.
Just because there are false accusations doesn’t mean there aren’t rapists.
See Ozoro festival. See men gang raping women and being excited about it.
What m*dness 😭
We need mentorship for the boy child,
We need more conversations around consent
We need emotional intelligence training
We need accountability systems among men
We need conferences, real-life guidance, role models, and correction.
Young boys in Ozoro will grow up to see what they are doing as something right and that's how the circle continues
We seriously have a lot of work to do
Cancel OZORO FESTIVAL‼️
Cancel OZORO FESTIVAL‼️
Women aren't sexual object ‼️
Stop raping women‼️
We need mentorship for the boy child
We need emotional intelligence training
We need accountability systems among men
We need conferences, real-life guidance, role models, and correction.
- Stop raping women.
- Stop harassing women.
- Stop assaulting women.
- Stop traumatizing women.
- Stop making the world an unsafe place for woman to exist!
The reports from the Ozoro Festival are deeply troubling.
No culture or celebration should come at the expense of the safety and dignity of women.
We call on authorities to investigate and take decisive action.
Women must be protected. Always.
@deltapolice
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