"75% Of Rape Cases Are From Religious Leaders" Foluke Daramola As She Reveals How She Was Raped At 17 By Her Tenant
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Well known Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola who is the founder of
Passion Against Rape and Abuse Africa, PARAA, Foluke Daramola-Salako has
disclosed that about 75% of rape cases her association had dealt with
were executed by religious leaders.
Foluke revealed this on Instagram live during a talk with Funmi Iyanda
on Public Eye Live on Saturday while describing how she was raped by her
tenant when she was 17.
As indicated by the mother of two, “75% of the cases I have on my table
are from religious leaders and most times we don’t get to the end of it.
This is because when we start investigating the cases, the family would
come and tell us we should leave the religious leader to God.”
Foluke excused cases that indecent dressing by ladies is liable for the
increase in the number of rape cases and focused that rape is only an
indication of shortcoming by rapists “Nothing attracts rape. Why do
they rape minors, teenagers, and even old women. Is that also about
indecent dressing?
She says most victims of rape cases in Nigeria are children, teenagers, and elderly women who do not dress indecently.
“You hardly find rape cases against young women except for sexual
assaults and abuse in workplaces, we find it mostly amongst children,
teenagers, and elderly women, how come you are now telling me it is
indecent dressing?
On the role of Nigerian movie industry in the activism against rape and
abuse, she says, “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.”