04/09/2026
Ketu-Ejinrin General Hospital joins Lagos State Government in marking 2026 Sexual Based and Gender Violence (SBGV) awareness through the Month of September.
Government advocates and warned husbands against forcing their wives into having s*x without their consent, any s*xual in*******se without consent, ra**ng Children, Teenagers, Youths, Adults, Domestic Violence like husband beating his wife, wife beating her husband, man beating woman, woman beating man, stating that such conduct could attract life imprisonment under the state’s criminal laws.
The Lagos State Criminal Law provides for the offence of s*xual assault or Violence by pe*******on, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Even husband who forcefully has s*xual in*******se with his wife after she has withheld consent could be prosecuted under that provision.
“Any man that feels because he paid his wife’s dowry, nobody can challenge him for domestic violence, the wife should report such a man to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency,” he said.
“Under Lagos State criminal law, a man cannot be accused of ra**ng his wife if they are together and are in good terms. However, once there is an issue between them and the wife refuses to have s*x with him, the husband cannot force her. If the husband forces her and the wife reports him, we will not charge him for r**e but for s*xual assault by pe*******on, and the punishment is life imprisonment’’.
Women experiencing any form of domestic or s*xual v!olence should report such incidents to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency for appropriate legal action.
