Rape and the culture of violence is not new to our society. In recent times, reports of rape cases have been on the increase. In June, the Nigerian social media space went into a wild frenzy following accusations by Seyitan Babatayo against music entertainer Oladapo Oyebanji popularly known as D'banj. According to Seyitan, D'banj raped her in 2018. Emotions at that time was still rife over the gruesome rape and murder of Uwaila Omozuwa in a church in Benin City Edo state, rape of a 12year old girl by eleven men in Jigawa, rape and murder of an 18 year old student in Oyo state, rape of minors and many others. According to the inspector general of police, Muhammed Adamu, a total of 717 rape cases were reported in police stations across Nigeria between January 2020 and May 2020. 631 of these cases have been investigated and charged to court, while 52 are still being investigated. This number only captures those reported. We can only imagine the myriad of unreported ...