BEVERLY HILLS, June 07, (THEWILL) – Popular Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola-Salako, has stated that 75 per cent of the cases she has handled are linked to religious leaders.
Daramola- Slako, who is the founder of Passion Against Rape and Abuse Africa, an NGO, stated this when speaking with Funmi Iyanda on Public Eye Live.
She said: “75% of the cases I have on my table are from religious leaders, and a lot of time, we don’t get to the end of it, because when we start, the family would come and tell us we should leave the religious leader to God.”
She further rubbished the claim that indecent dressing is the reason behind the increasing cases of rape in the country.
She said: “Nothing attracts rape; it is a sign of weakness. Why do they rape minors, teenagers, and even old women, is that also about indecent dressing?
“You hardly find rape cases against young women except for sexual assaults and abuse in workplaces, we find it mostly amongst kids, teenagers, and elderly women, how come you are now telling me it is indecent dressing? And we are not animals.”
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She also stated that Nollywood has a lot to do regarding the issue of rape and abuse in the country.
“The role of Nollywood is for us to create more awareness programs, have more movies that are preaching the negativity of rape and abuse, the reason it can happen to anybody, and the reason under no circumstances should any rapist be made to look like a good person.”
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