Register open for sex offenders in Lagos

             


The Lagos State Governor Sabatunde Fashola has signed an Executive bill to officially open a sex offenders register in Lagos State

The register is expected to complement crime data register which is already in place in the state to make it easier for law enforcement agents to prosecute sexual offences, such as harassment, defilement of children and rape according to Leadership report

At the signing ceremony Fashila advise such offenders to stay away from such terrible act, warning full prosecution,irrespective of who the offender is,

He added that this will help employer know the track record of those they intend employing or already employed

" very soon, we would start deploying people to the data rooms in the police stations across the state to gather the bio-data of offenders including their photographs and others".