Date: May 4th, 2026 3:32 PM
Author: Sepia Generalized Bond Friendly Grandma
Police for Delta State southern Nigeria say dem don arrest 15 pipo ontop allegations of rape and sexual assault na afta one community festival.
Videos bin spread online wey show young men dey openly attack women wey dey on dia own.
Di videos wey come out from di Alue‑Do festival for Ozoro, Isoko North Local Govment Area - show how groups of young men dey pursue, strip, grab and assault women for public spaces, and for some cases while pipo wey dey record wetin dey happun.
Di videos make pipo vex sotay dem start hashtags #StopRapingWomen wey dey trend for social platforms and renew calls for accountability for gender‑based violence.
Meanwhile, di tok-tok pesin for di Delta State police command tok say so far, dem neva confam any incident of rape.
Bright Edafe wen e dey tok for local media on Monday say "we don tok to four girls and all of dem tok say nobody rape dem."
Di Delta State Police Command describe di scenes as "alarming, disgusting and embarrassing", and tok say dem don arrest some suspects wey dem identify from di videos and transfer dem to di State Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Among di pipo dem detain na one community leader, wey plenty pipo name as di organiser wey dey linked to di event.
Police say dem still dey torchlight di mata.
Di incident don also generate plenty reactions. Some witnesses, activists and residents allege say dem bin warn women say make dom no come out during parts of di festival and say na those wey dem see outside na im bin dey deliberately target.
But dis dey raise concerns say sexual violence bin dey organised or tolerated under di cover of tradition.
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