A group of youngsters in the Ubeji village in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, under the auspices of the Ubeji Youth and Employment Development Organization, have taken strong measures against ladies who allegedly dress indecently.
According to Punch Newspaper, members of the youth group started clamping down on suspected offenders by subjecting them to strokes of the cane or in the alternative imposed fines on them.
The execution of the “War Against Indecent Dressing” campaign among young women in the neighborhood, which started on Monday, July 3, 2023, reportedly generated fear among females in the area.
It was discovered that some of the victims were forced to pay penalties as high as N10,000 or endure 40 cane strokes.
When the news broke, the youth group’s secretary, Stanley Bomele, informed the media that the exercise became necessary due to the provocative ways ladies dressed in the community.
“Most of the girls had gone haywire in the name of fashion with some of them almost going about in nudity, which is irritating and does not tell well of the community,” he added.
Bomele attributed the major cause of assaults and sexual harassment in the area to indecent dressing among young ladies.
Indecent dressing simply means deliberate exposure of one’s body to the public. This practice is contrary to the acceptable norms and values of the society.
Illegal or Not? A critical examination of the main criminal laws in Nigeria, i.e the Criminal Code and Penal Code, reveals that there is no section of the law that penalizes anyone who puts on clothes seen or perceived to be Indecent.
