Nigeria, March 11 -- No fewer than 269 minors and infants, between the ages of a day old and 16 years, were reportedly raped between January and December last year in Ogun State.

According to data released by the Directorate of Women Affairs in the Ogun State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development on Monday, 52 out of the total number of victims are between the ages of zero and eight years.

The Director of Women Empowerment in the ministry, Wonuola Kazzim, explained that some of the victims are 41-day-old babies who were raped by men in their 50s and 60s respectively.

Mrs Kazzim disclosed that 16 among the arrested suspects have been prosecuted for alleged molestation, and sentenced to seven years imprisonment each.

She note...