Mr Lagbaja noted that it was also meant to punish erring personnel as well as act as a deterrent for others not to engage in any act of indiscipline.
She said that child traffickers had found a way to perpetuate the evil act in cohorts with either parents, relations of their victims or the victims themselves.
The Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 72-year-old man, David Jackson, be remanded in prison custody for defiling a seven-year-old girl.
“We have sponsored violence by politicians who are desperate for power. They use violent means to entrench themselves to become candidates.”
“Today is designed to mark World Menstrual Day. The role of menstrual hygiene can never be overemphasised. We need to keep enlightening girls of this age.”
Yiaga Africa has urged youths to support young candidates and mobilise people to register and vote in the general elections.
The police said the raid was sequel to an attack on a police patrol team on Monday, during which the separatists murdered a policeman.
The victims father testified that the defendant used to lure his daughter with N10 or N20 to allegedly have sex with her.
The commission decried a situation where “journalists operate under difficult conditions, where freedom of expression and the press is relegated to the background.”
The prosecutor said that the defendant allegedly struck the victim’s forehead with a cutlass, inflicting on him a deep injury.
