The Police has said that the hookup culture is responsible for most cases of missing girls.
The Police has said that the hookup culture is responsible for most cases of missing girls.
Speaking on a Channels TV programme, the Morning Brief, on Wednesday, 4 December 2024, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, Omolola Odutola said that majority of the cases of missing young girls in Ogun State can be traced to Hookup Apps where most girls meet unknown persons who casually invite them to unknown places and eventually falling victim of being used for ritual purposes.
According to Odutola, not less than ten cases of missing young ladies are been reported on a daily basis in Ogun state.
She added that the alarming rate of cases of young ladies who get missing as a result of hookup culture calls for serious cautioning from parents and all stakeholders, adding that young girls should always inform a second or third person of their whereabouts.
“Most girls who find themselves in hookup apps get missing and consequently been slaughtered for rituals”
Odutola also acknowledged the high rate of ritual killings in the State perpetrated by people who believe that the use of human organs for rituals will make them rich quickly.
Speaking on how the Ogun State Police Command has been handling the menace, she said the Commissioner of Police (CP) with the cooperation of other management teams has been able to change the situation.
Also speaking on the TV programme, Dorothy Njemanze, a development expert said that a lot of predatory trends have existed in societies all along and therefore, calls for tackling of issues head-on instead of plying the route of “morality policing” and trying to gull trip people when harm happen to them.
According to Njemanze, harm can happen to anyone, whether at home or outside, stressing that a lot of very healthy amount of marriages in Nigeria happen through hookups.
“My major concern is that a lot of children are lured through the predation system, and so, the onus lies on us.”
She pointed out that other states in Nigeria should have a mandatory reporting policy, as Lagos State does, where every suspicious movement can and must be reported, and the law enforcement agencies always respond swiftly without going through all the delay routes.
Njemanze added that the mandatory reporting culture of the society and the pro-activeness of law enforcement agents are vital in stopping bad people from perpetrating their evils.
This discussion is happening at a time when a 16 days activism for gender-based violence is going, globally.
