Men Too : Bill Recognizing Males As Rape Victims Passes Second Reading At Senate

The Senate on Tuesday began an amendment of the Criminal Code Act, 2004, when it considered a Bill to that effect. The bill sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central) seeks the removal of gender restrictions on rape offences as well as a proposal of stiffer penalties for kidnapping. The proposed amendment by the upper chamber also seeks to delete the statute of limitation in cases of defilement. Tinubu, in her lead debate on the bill, objected to the provision of Section 218 of the Criminal Code.