Senator Florence Ita-Giwa representing Cross River in the Senate has yesterday said the best way to punish a convicted rapist is by cutting off their genitals.
She added that the penalty will check the increasing incidence of rape and sexual assaults in the country.
Ita-Giwa gave her opinion on the best penalty for the criminal act while speaking as a special guest at ‘Magnenta and Black Art & Fashion for Charity’.
She opined that jailing a child-rapist is not enough punishment for the gruesome act committed, adding that cutting off such offender’s genitals will serve Justice and ensure such rapists do not repeat the offense.
In reference to accounts of rape by two survivors at the event, the senator said: “The lady said she was happy that she got justice for her four-year-old daughter who was raped by two men but, in my mind, if I were a judge and a man is brought to court for raping a child, he will receive capital punishment. But I will say, `don’t kill him, rather let him live his life in pain, let his organ be cut off’.
“He should not be allowed the pleasure of using that organ anymore. If the organ is not cut off, at the end of his term in prison, he will use it on other children. Fortunately for them, I’m no longer in the Senate but I will find a way to get it into the chamber. This is the proper way to end the evil of rape in the society”.