10 minute video shows a brutal rape of a  Nigerian woman A clip that shows the brutal rape of a woman has sparked controversy in Nigeria. The 10 minute video depicts five young men laughing and joking as they take turns to sexually assault the exhausted victim , in what appears to be a dormitory room
Nigerian authorities have refused to open an investigation into the matter, with the exception of the Minister of Youth, who called the police to intervene quickly in the case.
The woman, who is probably a student, was begging for mercy and asking the rapists to kill her. The assailants mocked her desperation.
The Minister of Youth, Bolaji Abdullahi, called for the police and the university, to arrest the rapists and offer help to the victim.
“The attitude that these criminals have displayed is not a true image of the Nigerian youth”, he said.
However, the local authorities have refused to consider the tape as evidence, stressing that “there was no such a crime in university dorms.”
The police spokesman, Abia State Geoffrey confirmed \"that were no reports of rape by the university’s leaders or at of the police stations in the state.\"
Authorities said as no victim have come forward, the case is closed.
The human rights group, Chokoma said: \"women who are victims of rape prefer not to report the event to avoid being ostracised by society. This is shown clearly in the video as the woman was hiding her face.” “What’s the point of reporting that this woman is a victim when reporting itself will make her a victim again because of society,” she added.
The video, he said, had been circulated on the phones of students at the campus before being uploaded online last week.
The video has also shocked a number of Internet users.
One Twitter user offered a reward of 200,000 naira (US$1,250, £830) for information leading to the rapists\' arrest.
According to official police statistics, there were 1952 cases of rape in Nigeria in 2009. However, Amnesty International says that this figures are “not real and don’t match a state with a population of 150 million people.”