If the proposal of the Women affairs Minister, Zainab Maina is accepted by the President, then Nigerians should expect death penalty on convicted rapists in the country.

The Minister of Women affairs told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that her ministry is determined to tackle rape by pushing for the passage of the bill.

According to her “we are also trying to make the police set-up a gender desk in every police station to handle such cases so that serious punishment, perhaps death sentence would be handed to culprits,”

Experts however anticipate some challenges in implementing this law, because of the stigma attached to rape, as many people are scared to disclose they have been raped.

Death penalty already exists for crimes such as murder and there is a bill before the national assembly to also make rapists pay the supreme price.