A judge of the Rivers State High Court, Justice Eberechi Wike, has recommended castration for persons found guilty of defiling minors.
Justice Wike, who is the wife of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said the current punishment for rapists is not drastic enough, adding that castration will stop sexual offenders from molesting minors.
She said this on the sidelines of the 2nd National Conference of Family Court Judges, Magistrates, and other Family Court Practitioners in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Tuesday, October 24.
Wike stressed that society should step up punishments for people who defile children beyond life imprisonment or a 14-year jail term.
The judge said: “We should do much more. I think we should do something that will be really drastic, that will make them think twice before they do that.
“I cannot think of anything better than having legislation that whatever it is that whatever part of your body you use on a child while defiling the child, that part should be cut off. If it is your finger, if it is your mouth, if it is your private part.
“I think men will take it more seriously when you come up with such legislation. I hope a man in the House of Representatives or Senate sponsors a bill like that.”
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