There has been several cases of rape in the country and CAN Chairman has Urged parent to warn their children against inviting rapist through their dressing.

Chairman of CAN (North Central Zone), Reverend Isreal Akanji while speaking at the summit organised by the Women’s Wing of Christian Council of Nigeria, today November 19th charged parent to warn their children.

He spoke on the theme: Elimination of violence against women and children

Speaking to the women, the CAN Chairman said,

“When people wear mini dresses, sometimes they even wear it to church we must speak against it in churches. Some of us try not to talk about it because we feel if we talk to them, they may not return to our churches. The church has to come up with tough measures against indecent dressing; indecent dressing must not be accepted in the church of Christ. Even the Bible teaches that people must dress decently to be in the House of the Lord.

The Bible says thou shall not steal, kill and commit adultery. These are considered to be grievous sins in the Bible, but people who rape, should be considered as very serious criminals. The problem we have in Nigeria is anonymity, people don’t want to talk when raped, parents don’t want their children to say it because they feel it will bring a bad name to their family and that is why it has continued.

If rape cases are reported in good time and adequate measures are taken, a lot of things will change.

I want to appeal to parents that while we are waiting for a law that will deal with rapists (I know that laws exist right now), parents must warn their children. Some children dress in such a way that they appear as if they are inviting rapists to their lives. They are almost naked, they expose body parts that some people cannot control themselves. Let us return to the culture of decent dressing, it may not stop but it will minimize it. “