There is a setback for people advocating castration as punishment for rapists in Nigeria.
There is renewed agitation against raping, following the brutality meted out to two undergraduates, Vera Uwa Omozuwa and Barakar Bello, who were raped and murdered in the past few days.
Some have also canvassed death penalty.
But at its plenary on Thursday, the House of Representatives voted against a prayer seeking to recommend castration for rapists.
The House, at the plenary on Thursday, considered and adopted a motion on the rising cases of sexual violence in Nigeria.
According to ‘The Punch’, a member, Mr James Faleke, had recommended that persons found guilty of rape should be castrated.
“Just before the prayer was subjected to a voice vote, the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, however, asked what would happen to an older female who rapes a younger male,” it added.
