“75% Of Rape Cases My NGO Is Handling Involve Religious Leaders” – Actress Foluke Daramola-Salako
Nollywood actress and founder of Passion Against Rape and Abuse Africa (PARAA) Foluke Daramola-Salako has revealed that about 75% of rape cases being handled by her organization were perpetrated by religious leaders.
She made this known during an interview with veteran broadcaster Funmi Iyanda on Public Eye Live show on Friday.
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Foluke Daramola-Salako who revealed she was raped by a tenant at the age of 17, said;
75% of the cases I have on my table are from religious leaders, and a lot of time, we do not 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.
Speaking on whether indecent dressing was responsible for the number of rape cases, 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?
The actress added;
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.
Speaking on the role of Nollywood in the activism against rape and abuse, she expressed that;
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.
The discussion comes on the heel of rape cases making the rounds in the past few weeks in Nigeria.
