Crime & SecurityNigeriaSpecial ReportSPECIAL REPORT: Nigeria’s Faulty Institutions that Deny Rape Victims Justice
On the morning of 24 October 2014, 20-year-old Jane *(not real name), was happy to set out on a trip to attend her uncle’s wedding in Kogi State. By the end of that day, her crisis-free life had taken a traumatic turn — she was gang-raped by three men somewhere in Kogi State. “There was terrible traffic on the way especially around Okene, we ended up getting to Lokoja around 7:30 pm. I boarded a...










