[UPDATE – Friday 22nd January 2021] It DISAPPEARED! The web page I linked which had the above titled now read “Page Not Found”! For some reason the write-up has been removed. I intend to contact the website publishers and/or the article’s author to find out why. However, for those curious about what the contents were…see below a screenshot version I kept just in case this happened (hehehe) – the page was then dated Saturday, March 3, 2018!
In continuation of my Facebook page based campaign to STOP Domestic Violence Against Men (DVAM) that’s occurring on an increasing basis in the Nigerian social space, with VERY little attention or support being given to the male victims, I share the preview/link below to an educational article (The Rising Women’s Domestic Violence Against Men: An Appraisal Of Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 By: Hameed Ajibola Jimoh Esq.) written on this same theme, by a legal consultant on https://thenigerialawyer.com.
Title: The Rising Women’s Domestic Violence Against Men: An Appraisal Of Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 By: Hameed Ajibola Jimoh Esq.
Preview: Prior to the enactment of the provisions of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015-herein after referred to as VAPA, applicable in Abuja, there were several reports of violence against women by men either as parents or husband or brother or in-law. So, those criminal laws that were in existence as at that time were majorly favourable to the women in respect of domestic violence. As time goes on, the reverse started becoming the case. Perhaps, those developments might have given rise to the enactment of the VAPA which generalizes persons who can be criminally liable for their suspected criminal action(s) under the Act to the effect that both male and female can now be charged with any contravention with any of the provisions of VAPA. Continue reading on https://thenigerialawyer.com
