NHRC: Borno Recorded 2,000 Rights Violations In Four Years

Source: thewillnigeria.com

BEVERLY HILLS, March 05, (THEWILL) – No fewer than 2, 000 human rights violation cases were recorded in Borno State within the last four years.

The state Coordinator of the National Human Right Commission (NHRC), Alhaji Babangida Labaran , disclosed this Wednesday while chatting with journalists in Maiduguri, the state capital.

Labaran listed the cases to include alleged rape, wanton destruction of properties, torture and brutality by security agencies, domestic cases such as family dispute and violation against child right by parents.

He however said that despite the Boko Haram insurgency ravaging the state, the Rights Commission was working toward protecting the civic right of the citizen in the country.

He noted that the increasing human rights violation, especially in rape cases, was due to the unwillingness of parents to prosecute rape offenders in court.

Labaran therefore implored parents, particularly women, to show concern and stand behind their wards to prosecute rape offenders, saying if the crime remained unchallenged, there would be the possibility of its increase.

“We have recorded about 50 rape cases in 2014 while so many of these cases, we just hear them in town while the offenders go unpunished.”

“Parents should know that they are not helping their children by accepting to settle rape cases out of court.”

“They are killing the future of such children. You cannot quantify the pains encountered by the victims with monetary settlement. My advice for women is that they should rise up to fight any form of abuse against women, particularly rape and defilement. The victims and the minors cannot help themselves; their parents must therefore stand up for them,” Labaran said.