Domestic violence in Nigeria: Christian response in the Niger Delta region

Abstract

Today in Nigeria, insecurity, terrorism, prostitution, child-witch and stigmatization and child-trafficking remains the order of the day. Recently, domestic violence becomes one of the challenges facing the world and Nigeria in particular. The family is often portrayed as the sources of comfort, security and safety, a place of which its members retreat to escape the rough and trouble of the public world of work and school. Today, the family is a source of conflict and possibly danger. Indeed, the comfort, security and safety in families are threatened by domestic violence. This paper seeks to address the issue of domestic violence in Nigeria: Christian response in the Niger Delta Region. Descriptive method through a body of literature was used to gather information. It is discovered that children and women are the most vulnerable of this problem in the Niger Delta. The paper recommends that some traditions which encourage domestic violence in the Niger Delta should be faced-out by law. Religious leaders should vehemently preach against all forms of domestic violence to their members and possibly sanction erring ones. NGOs should join hands to organize symposia, seminars, workshops to create awareness on the fundamental right of the citizens.