{"id":9643,"date":"2020-07-06T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=9643"},"modified":"2020-07-06T14:00:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T14:00:54","slug":"treat-rapists-as-criminals-anglican-communion-tells-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/06\/treat-rapists-as-criminals-anglican-communion-tells-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Treat rapists as criminals, Anglican Communion tells FG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Province of the Niger, Diocese&nbsp; of Niger West&nbsp; has called on the Federal Government and the Nigerian judiciary to treat rapists as criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diocese in the Bishop\u2019s Charge delivered by the Bishop of Niger West, Rt. Rev. Johnson Ekwe, to the 1st session of the 4th Synod at St Peter\u2019s Church Aguleri&nbsp; specifically, called on the Nigerian judges to be hard on rapists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Federal Government and the Nigerian judiciary, particularly, Nigerian judges should&nbsp; come hard on rapists and treat them like criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diocese described rape\u00a0 as a conscious process of\u00a0 intimidation where perpetrators keep women\u00a0 and children especially in a state of constant fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRape&nbsp; devalues the victim, it is a crime which&nbsp; stigmatizes the emotions, a crime of insult, oppression&nbsp; and revenge that needs to be punished because rapists are criminals and all crimes and their beneficiaries must be punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRape&nbsp; and other forms&nbsp; of&nbsp; sexual harassment need the urgent and serious attention of family, institutions, civil&nbsp; society groups, government&nbsp; and the&nbsp; international community if we really want to ensure&nbsp; a violence-free society for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe use this opportunity to call on the judiciary to intensify efforts in removing the delay in prosecuting rapists. We believe that the law must no longer be lenient with rapists at all levels to deter perpetrators.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Francis-Archibong-Prostitute.jpg?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8338\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis Essien Archibong<br>In the same vein, during the lockdown, many have been accused of abused by their wives including a<br>former military officer Francis Essien Archibong, father to Uduak Frances Essien Archibong who now<br>fears the father for abuse and assault and violent conduct. Francis was fired by the Nigerian Army for<br>failure to pass his exams.<br>Separated from his wife for violent conduct for years and recently attacked her during the lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Province of the Niger, Diocese&nbsp; of Niger West&nbsp; has called on the Federal Government and the Nigerian judiciary to treat rapists as criminals. The diocese in the Bishop\u2019s Charge delivered by the Bishop of Niger West, Rt. Rev. Johnson Ekwe, to the 1st session of the 4th Synod at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-naija-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rape-Victim.jpg?fit=1200%2C720","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}