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Violence Against Women in Nigeria: When Will Society Wake Up?

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Another young woman almost lost her life. Another headline about a girl lured, trapped, and nearly killed.  This time, it was Promise Eze, a 25 Year-old from Ebonyi State, who thought she was meeting a man she had connected with online.  Instead, she was found tied to a chair, unconscious, her mouth sealed with plaster in an Abuja hotel room. Thankfully, the FCT Police Command rescued her. But how many more young women won’t be as lucky? Let’s get one thing straight, evil is evil.  And we need to stop sugarcoating it. This isn’t about why she visited him or whether she was materialistic. This is about the increasing violence against women in Nigeria and a society that allows it to happen. For every Promise Eze who survives, there are countless others who don’t.  We hear the stories, young women lured under false pretenses, attacked in their homes, kidnapped, or even used for rituals. And while we express outrage, nothing really changes. So, where exactly has society ...