Nigeria to announce Death Penalty for Rape

Nigeria rape debate continues: Is death penalty the solution? Nigeria's minister for women affairs and social development is lobbying around for the court to pass capital punishment for rape crimes.

The minister, Hajiya Zainab Maina, said up to 10 cases of rape are reported in the country each week. "This has reached an alarming rate," she said

The Nigeria Police Watch reported about 1950 cases of rape in 2009. No report for 2010, 2011, 2012 or the current year.

As always in any country, there are numerous cases of unreported rapes. So I expect that number to be in ''Thousands.''

More than 75 per cent of the reported cases are rebuffed by the police and not investigated.

The current Nigerian laws call for the death penalty in cases of murder and I can't tell you how many people have been executed based on the law. Your guess is as good as mine. I once saw a cultist walking in the streets after he was convicted and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment Laws are rarely applied in Nigeria and passing a death penalty for rape should be highly considered after traffic, tax, murder, genocide, theft and corruption laws.