Mother of two Mariah Carey says she's done having kids and if her
husband Nick Cannon wants more children, he will have to get pregnant
and have the babies himself.
During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live,
the 44 year old singer was asked by a fan caller whether or not she and Nick were planning to have more children...
"If Nick could have the babies himself, then yeah, bring 'em on. We love kids," Mariah answered. "Here's
the thing: This is real. I'm responsible for the kids for like forever.
I look at it like, they didn't ask for this lifestyle but here they
are."
"To anyone who has ever carried twins, it is a totally different
experience...You don't even know who you are. I had a very
difficult pregnancy, but I was alone most of the time. We love Nick,
but he's working. He's the hardest-working man in show business."
Women advocacy groups today marched in protest against the violent
torture and sodomization of two women at Ejigbo over alleged
stealing of pepper. The Women Arise group presented horrible clip of the sodomy to
participants during the protest and also presented copies of the video
in Compact Disk to members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, who
were also handed a petition demanding investigation and justice for the
affected women.
The protesters created a catchphrase#Ejigbo2" to popularize
the incidence and specifically to constant follow-up to just end.
Receiving the protesters, the Lagos House reps promised to move a
motion today and set up a committee to immediately commence
investigation into the incidence. The reps said chairman of the Ejigbo
local government, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan; all the market women in Ejigbo
central market as well as all concerned in the incidence will be called
to the panel.
Women Arise and other leaders of the protest will also be invited to the panel.
The petition by Women Arise group to the Lagos House of reps is reproduced below:
Attention: Mr. Ikuforiji Adeyemi,
Speaker,
Lagos State House of Assembly,
Alausa, Ikeja,
Lagos.
Mr Speaker Sir,
PETITION ON THE DEHUMANIZATION OF TWO WOMEN IN EJIGBO, LAGOS STATE
The above Subject refers:
We are Women Arise for Change Initiative and we herein petition your
good offices on behalf of two Nigerian women and Lagos State Residents
in Ejigbo, hereafter referred to as “The Victims,” who sometimes this
year were subjected to one of the most vicious forms of human rights
abuses and the unspeakable horrors of brutality by certain depraved and
savage men.
Indeed, there was outrage across the nation and around the world when
video shots of the victims stripped naked, and being mercilessly beaten
with pepper and sodomised with strange objects went viral (Attached is a
Video CD of the sordid scenes).
As Nigerians and fellow citizens of the world watched the horrific
scenes, they wondered if these were shots taken in the dark ages of
savagery and primitivism.
Strangely enough, a Statement this month by the Chairman of Ejigbo
LCDA, Kehinde Bamigbetan at the height of the furore, acknowledged that
this unimaginable horror took place in his domain in February this year,
and that the victims were a mother and step daughter accused of
stealing pepper, and that the husband and father was a palm-wine tapper;
but Bamigbetan’s Statement sadly to say, failed to outline the measures
his office had taken since then to assure justice for the victims and
ensure that the perpetrators are punished. Ironically, it is the same
Bamigbetan whose gruesome kidnap few months back elicited genuine
emotions and public goodwill, and the Lagos State Government and
concerned Nigerians spared nothing to guarantee his release, and bring
the kidnappers to book. Why did he appear to have turned a blind eye
over the ordeal of the victims, and why is he just acknowledging to the
public these atrocities after ten good months? Or is that the victims
lives are of no value to him because they are pepper sellers from the
household of Mr. Palm-wine tapper?
Women Arise for Change Initiative hold the belief that all peoples,
including women are created equal by the Almighty, and they are
therefore equal before the law; women’s rights are human rights.
To this end, we request and urge you to kindly use your good offices
to set up an inquiry into this shameful incident and compel the Ejigbo
LCDA Chairman, Kehinde Bamigbetan to share his knowledge of the crime
and what he has done in tracking down the purveyors of these
bestialities so that they can be brought to justice; adequate provisions
must also be made to rehabilitate the victims, peradventure they
survived these cruelties.
We strongly believe that there is a redemptive value for Lagos State
in fishing out these criminals for punishment so that the State is not
seen as a haven for atrocious human rights abuses, where barbaric and
savage acts are tolerated by government officials; that is surely not a
good face to present to potential investors and tourists to the
commercial hub of the nation.
This is certainly one issue that will not die until justice is done,
and we trust that you will act quickly and ably, and use your good
offices to ensure that justice is done, for justice too long delayed is
justice denied.
Thank you in anticipation of your prompt action.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin
President
Women Arise for Change Initiative
26, Adebowale Street,
Ojodu-Berger,
Lagos.
Website: www.womenarise.org,
www.campaign4democracy.org.
Source: Sahara Reporters
