*North Central records highest cases
*Police, Military, DSS responsible for 94 rights violations cases
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday, hinted that Nigeria recorded 1,580 human rights violations in last month (March) alone.
NHRC Senior Human Rights Adviser, Mr Hilary Ogbona who dropped this hint, said the rights violations included killings, kidnapping, domestic violence, abductions, children’s right among others.
Speaking at the National Human Rights Commission headquarters, Mr. Ogbona said North Central topped the list of the complaints of human rights violations recorded with 468 cases.
He stressed that the police, military, and Department of State Service DSS as state actors recorded 94 rights violations cases, adding that
the killings of the military and police personnel in Delta State formed part of the report and that 542 cases of violation of children’s rights were also recorded during the period.
Mr Ogbona maintained that domestic violence is becoming too rampant in some part of the country with 471 cases recorded and that the non state actor and private actors have 32 and 36 respectively while 3 cases of violation of rights were recorded against disabled people.
Stressing that other sectors including social economic and cultural rights accounted for 157 while referred cases was put at 24, he said killings and kidnapping accounted for 499 while another 71 violations of rights to life were also recorded by the commission during the period.
While maintaining that the 1,580 human rights violations were the entire figures recorded in the 36 states offices of the commission and Abuja, he expressed worry over the increasing cases of human rights violation, saying about 301 school children were abducted in Kaduna state alone while 40 people were killed in Benue state.
Mr Ogbona expressing dismay that rights to life was being violated in various ways and manner because four deaths were recorded in Nassarawa State during sharing of palliative, he called for restraint on both State and Private Actors adding that reprisal attacks contributed to the recorded rights violations as well as appealing to police and military to always conduct their investigations in compliance with the rules of engagement and rule of laws as provided for in the national and international laws.
Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mr Ojukwu in his remarks reaffirmed the commitment of the commission to the promotion and protection of human rights in the country.
He promised to partner with other stakeholders including government in the bid to step up efforts to protect lives and properties and in ensuring downward size in the violations of human rights.
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