Nigerians on sex offenders’ list risk travel ban

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Olaleye Aluko Nigerians who are on the Federal Government’s Sexual Offenders Register, which is domiciled with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, may be denied visas a

nd travels to other countries as part of withdrawn privileges.

Our correspondent had exclusively reported in the first week of December that the names on the list are Friday Elijah, who was convicted of incest and lived on Usapa Road, Bwari, Abuja; Shehu Abubakar, guilty of incest; Asateru Gabriel, classified as a reverend and convicted of rape; Emeka Akile, convicted of rape and living on Airport Road, Lugbe, Abuja; and Ade Adegboyega, who lived in Lekki, Lagos State and was convicted of rape.

“This is not peculiar to Nigeria. Sex offenders’ register is in operation in other parts of the world. So, if you can guess what happens to the convicts in those countries, then I don’t know why anyone will give clearance to sex offenders from other countries to journey into their country.On November 25, the Federal Government had inaugurated the Sexual Offenders Register, saying it would contain the names and pictures of those convicted for sexual abuse cases, including rape.

 

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