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| Female genital mutilation |
Ogun Commissioner for Woman Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Elizabeth Sonubi, , on Wednesday, said the
state government would prosecute anyone caught practising ``Female Genital
Mutilation.’’
The commissioner disclosed this in Abeokuta during a news
conference to celebrate the "16 Days Activism on the Elimination of Gender
Based Violence’’ with the theme ``Let us Challenge Militarism and End Violence
Against Woman.’’
According to Sonubi, offenders are liable to one year
imprisonment.
