Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has tasked the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nyesom Wike on the need for a special police squad on one-chance and missing genitals.
   
The group said the call followed growing concerns over the activities of some criminal elements who are reportedly on the prowl in (FCT), Abuja.
HURIWA also asked insurance companies to introduce policies on missing genitals to help mitigate the consequences of such an outrageous criminality if it is established to be factually and empirically proven. 
  
According to national coordinator of the rights group, Emmanuel Onwubiko, the government should act swiftly to educate the citizens to separate facts from rumours. 
   
HURIWA lamented that in recent times, there has been an increase in reported cases of disappearance of genital organs in some states in the North Central, particularly in Kogi, Nasarawa, Kaduna and the nation’s capital. 
  
“But regrettably, the police authority in FCT are very dismissive of this serious danger to the wellbeing of the citizens of the FCT and often deny that such exists when in fact and in reality, stealing of male genital organs are spreading like wildfire in recent times. ”

“It is rather absurd that rather than study and gain fuller comprehension of the methodology whether orthodox or unorthodox applied by the criminals, the police have unfortunately chosen to feign ignorance and maintain that it is yet unclear how the miscreants carry out such acts. 
  
“But worried residents of the FCT have, for over a month now, been living in fear following reported cases of ‘stealing’ of manhood,” the group said.
HURIWA expressed disappointment that while the police authority is yet to concretely set modalities in place to counter the operations of the daredevil miscreants who steal male organs. 
  
It declared that the ugly trend has led to the murder of some persons by irate youths who descended on suspects for allegedly causing the mysterious disappearance of manhood.
 
According to the group, it is factually correct to say that there are different accounts of how the heinous crime is being perpetrated in the city.     
  
“While some said a mere conversation with the alleged manhood thief can cause disappearance of the victim’s penis, others said it happens after a physical contact, including handshake,” it noted.
  
HURIWA recalled that on August 23, the Nasarawa State Police Command, while cautioning residents against jungle justice being meted out to the alleged organ thieves in the state, revealed that some persons were attacked over same allegations in Nasarawa Eggon, Obi, Lafia and Keffi Local Councils of the state. 
 
The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, however, said a medical examination conducted on the alleged victims, “gave all of them a clean bill of health”, saying there was no basis for the allegations. 
  
He said: “On September 20, some irate youths in phase 2, Gwagwalada area of the FCT, lynched a yet-to-be-identified young man for allegedly stealing a resident’s manhood. 
 
“Three days after the incident, another resident, Lucky Josiah was accused of causing the disappearance of one Rokeeb Saheed’s manhood. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, while confirming the ugly development, said that officers of the command quickly responded to a distress call that a victim was being lynched.
  
“Although the FCT PRO revealed that after medical examinations were conducted on Saheed, his male organ was “confirmed to be fine, and Lucky’s injuries were treated”, residents of the city have continued to record similar incidents almost on a daily basis in both the city centre and satellite towns. 
  
“On Friday last week a disturbing motion picture which captured an alleged manhood thief being subjected to torture and dehumanisation by mob, including some security operatives surfaced online.
  
In the video, the alleged thief who was accused of stealing two male genitals, was heard saying he is innocent of the allegations.”HURIWA, however, faulted the cynicism of the police and urged the FCT administration led by Mr. Nyesom Wike to work with the FCT command of the police and all other security forces to set up a special police squad to confront the twin social crimes of missing male organs and the operations of one-chance robbers.