Youth leader explains why immodestly dressed women were flogged.

Under the leadership of the Ubeji Youth and Employment Development Organization, a group of youngsters in the Ubeji village in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State have taken strong measures against women who engage in indecent attire.

Newsmen learned that members of the youth group had begun to crack down on suspected violators by giving them cane blows or, alternatively, fining them.

The execution of the “War Against Indecent Dressing” campaign among young women in the neighborhood, which started on Monday, July 3, 2023, reportedly generated panic among females in the area.

It was discovered that some of the victims were forced to pay fines as high as N10,000 or endure 40 cane strokes.

Confirming the development, the Secretary of the youth group, Stanley Bomele, told journalists that “the exercise became necessary due to the provocative ways ladies dressed in the community.”

Bomele added, “Most of the girls had gone haywire in the name of fashion with some of them almost going about in nudity, which is irritating and does not tell well of the community”, he said.

While attributing the major cause of assaults and sexual harassment in the area to indecent dressing among young ladies, Bomele warned, “The wearing of miniskirts, bummer shorts or tight (bikers shorts) would no longer be tolerated in the community”.