Sexual assault: Niger referral centre records 156 cases in 31 months a Official.

Dr Ekaete Umor, the Medical Officer, Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), Minna, on Wednesday said 156 children and teenagers were abused from August 2014 to date.

Umor made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna.

'I can confirm to you that in 2014, from August to December, 14 cases of sexual assault were reported; in 2015, between January and December, 60 cases were reported.

'Also, from January to December, 2016, 61 cases were reported, while 21 cases of rape have so far been reported from January, 2017 till date,'' she said.

Umor said that about 2a0 per cent of the figures reported were males...

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