The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has initiated a program aimed at raising awareness among men regarding their vulnerability to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). The agency encourages male victims of domestic and sexual violence to break the cycle of silence and share their experiences.
The project aims to ensure equal attention to all genders in the agency's advocacy, prevention, and response efforts, with a strong determination to dismantle the culture of silence that perpetuates sexual and gender-based violence in society.
Similarly, the DSVA's Community Engagement Officer, Ikudaisi Oluwatobi, urged men to come forward and report instances of sexual violence within their communities, aiming to eradicate this menace from the state. Oluwatobi reiterated that the primary objective of the project launch was to "raise awareness about the prevalence of gender-based violence in Lagos."
In a separate news incident, an angry mob set fire to a Celestial church in the Ajah area of Lagos state, alleging that a body with missing body parts was found on the premises. However, the police confirmed that the body was not missing any parts and clarified that a laborer named Dogo had fallen into a soakaway and died before reaching the hospital. A church worker also fell into the same soakaway while attempting to rescue the victim and is currently hospitalized.