The Ozoro “Rape Festival: When Culture Becomes an Excuse for Violence

Videos from Ozoro in Delta State showing women being chased and molested under the guise of a “festival” have sparked outrage-but Ozoro is not an isolated horror, it’s just the one that got caught. These so-called traditions have existed quietly across communities, protected by silence and disguised as culture.

What you’re seeing now isn’t new, it’s just visible. For generations, girls have been chased, grabbed, and silenced while communities looked away and called it normal. And if your culture requires women’s fear to survive, then maybe it’s time we stop protecting it.