Story from Ankeli EMMANUEL, Sokoto Worried by the increasing incidences of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), especially rape and sodomy in Sokoto State, the state commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Muhammad Saleh Dada has submitted that perpetrators of such despicable acts and those coming for their rescue are mentally retarded. Mr Muhammad Dada who spoke when members of the Sokoto State Gender-Based Response (GBVR) team paid him a courtesy visit in his office, opined that there should be a stiffer penalty for those engaged in such acts...