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DOHS Cares Foundation has launched the #NoDeyKpaiWomen Campaign to draw against femicide as men continue to kill women in Nigeria.
Amidst the increasingly worrying rate of femicide in Nigeria, the DOHS Cares Foundation has launched a full campaign tagged the “NoDeyKpaiWoman” Campaign. The campaign hashtag, written in pidgin, simply means “Do not Kill Women” in English.
On Feb. 23, 2025, the Edo State Police Command arrested one Kelvin Izekor, who was almost lynched by a mob for reportedly beating up his wife, Success Izekor and injuring her till she gave up the ghost. According to Channels News, operatives of the Aduwawa Division met the lifeless body of Success Izekor lying in the pool of her own blood with deep cuts on her head, after which she was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead upon arrival. Reports also claim that Success was five months pregnant at the time of the death.
On Feb 21, 2025, 16-year-old Deborah Etim was reported to have been killed by her very own father, one “Apostle” Ubong Bassey Etim, based on claims that she was a witch and could transform into a snake. Deborah, who suffered from Down syndrome before her death, was killed gruesomely in Calabar, another effect of the child witch-hunt prevalent in Calabar and its environs.
Lastly, on Feb. 21, 2025, 50-year-old Hajara Saleh was killed by community residents – Ja’o Muhammad, Idrisa Muhammad, and Ya’u Muhammad – who claimed she practised witchcraft and brought misfortune to the Bantine community, Biu Local Government Area in Edo state.
According to the United Nations, 38% of murdered women are killed by intimate partners. In 2022, Global Rights reported that Africa was the region with the largest absolute number of killings and also with the highest level of violence relative to the size of its female population. According to DOHS Cares’ Femicide inventory, these 3 cases sum up the femicide cases in Nigeria to 25 in just the second month of the year 2025.
Femicide in Nigeria is growing at a rapid rate, and it becomes increasingly important for the government as well as important stakeholders to put stringent measures in place to prevent women from being killed.
Against this background, the campaign #NoDeyKpaiWomen is a local way to combat femicide, raise awareness against the intentional murder of women, and urge the government to legislate a bill against the misogynistic act.
