A report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) which revealed that girls in Aba, Abia state start having sex at the age of 10, is presently gathering momentum on the social media.
A medical practitioner, Godwin Uwaoma, had stated during an interview that according to a research carried out recently, the girls start engaging in sexual activities at the age 10 to 12, and that when they are 12, they get regular boyfriends with whom they have consensual sex.
Uwaoma, the chairman of the Thematic Working Group at the Nigerian Faith Based Advisory Council for AIDS (NFACA), said the discovery was made during a 2014 research.
He said: “We discovered that some girls in Aba start sexual activities at the age 10 to 12 and that at the age of 12, girls in Aba have “regular boyfriends” with whom they agree to have sex regularly.
“This was not known before. Usually HIV prevention was targeted at age 15 upward but we now know that before 15 they have become sexually active.
“And there is a lot of difference between when you are forced into it and you remove yourself thereafter and when at this age you now have a regular partner.
“That was what we discovered and it is not normal but an aberration but obviously the fact is there.”
Nigerians have since reacted to the report, as they took the social media – precisely Twitter – by storm to express their dismay at the report.
Some of the reactions are as follows:
“Girls in Aba” trend will help Aba young gals wen they’re being scolded by their mom for avin an affair…”mom, u also started at age 10″ ?
— Mobolaji ALESE (@mo_beejay) October 27, 2016
If Girls in Aba starts Sex at 10 what about Anambra that is associated with Cucumber?
— Akpos (@officialsimcard) October 27, 2016
Oh this “Girls in Aba” trend though. Uhm !
— #LEMONFRIDAY2016 (@Mr_Shakur13) October 27, 2016
“Girls in Aba start having s*x from 10? Good talk! Good talk!!
— oct27#wombEscape (@Kingin_Male) October 27, 2016
If Girls in Aba starts having sex at age 10, it shows there’s more 2 be done in D area of sex education. Not in Abia
— Enilolobo Abiola (@abiolatalks80) October 27, 2016
@vanguardngrnews no, it should read. Girls in Aba start to get raped at age 10 , research shows
— Yunus Dan (@sadankld_dan) October 27, 2016
“Girls in aba” is a ten letter sentence.. So no blames on having sex by 10…
— FOLA~~~KING (@Mista_Hoye) October 27, 2016
Girls in Aba should be ready for all tourists brethen coming during festive periods to mark their register positively.
— AMOS PENTICOST ADEH (@KingPenticost_A) October 27, 2016
