NHRC Receives 4,211 Rights Violation Complaints in 90 Days

The Nigeria Human Rights Commission was inundated with 4,211 complaints of human rights violations over three months.

The grievances ranged from killings, kidnapping, and domestic violence to abductions and children’s rights issues.

According to the commission’s website, it received 1,147 human rights violations complaints in January, 1,484 in February, and 1,580 in March.

In January 2024, the North-Central Zone registered the highest number of complaints, while the South-West had the fewest.

For February, the breakdown of the 1,484 complaints showed that complaints about state actors were 95; domestic violence, 370; non-state actors, 28; private sector, 53; economic social and cultural rights, 145; right to life, 45; and others 356.

Further breakdown of the 1,484 complaints, according to the six geopolitical zones in the country, are North-East, 393; North-West, 138; North-Central, 481; South-West, 179, South-East, 144 and South-South, 149.

For March, 542 cases of violation of children’s rights were recorded; domestic violence had 471 cases recorded; the non-state actors and private actors had 32 and 36 respectively; killings and kidnapping accounted for 499, while another 71 violations of rights to life were also recorded by the commission during the period.

The commission further noted that North-Central topped the list of the complaints of human rights violations with 468 cases in March.

In response to the alarming figures, the commission’s Executive Secretary, Anthony Ojukwu, recently pledged collaboration with various stakeholders, including the government, to enhance efforts in safeguarding lives and property while curbing human rights abuses.