A community in Delta State has imposed 40 strokes of cane as punishment for indecent dressing in the locality.
The Ubeji Youth and Employment Development in Delta State’s Warri South Local Government Area which set the cane punishment of 40 strokes on any girl spotted dressing indecently in the community, did offer the offender a N10,000 fine as an alternative.
Stanley Bomele, the body’s secretary, told reporters that the youths had begun an activity dubbed, “War Against Indecent Dressing,” among young ladies in the area.
Bomele, who stated that the exercise was essential owing to the provocative manner women dressed in the community, announced a ban on the wearing of miniskirts, bum shorts, or tight (bikers shorts).
He warned that such attire would no longer be tolerated because indecent clothing was the leading source of assaults and sexual harassment in the society.
He believed that most of the females had gone berserk in the name of fashion, with some of them walking around virtually naked, and that the trend was annoying and did not reflect good on the community.
He stated that the drill will continue until the young females in the village learned how to dress correctly.
