The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it received 1,161 complaints of human rights abuse in Plateau between January and December 2024.

Kiyenpiya Mafuyai, the commission’s acting coordinator in Plateau, told journalists in Jos on Monday that the cases ranged from unlawful detention, extrajudicial killings, inhuman treatment, and domestic violence to child abuse.

Ms Mafuyai accused some state actors, including the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and the military and medical personnel, of complicity in civil rights violations.

“NHRC received a total of 1,161 cases between January and December 2024, cutting across various areas,” said Ms Mafuyi.

She said others included child abandonment, rape, denial of inheritance and forced marriage.

“The data shows that children’s rights are the most violated; children are the most affected group.

“The most recorded cases of child abandonment with a total of 604. We also recorded 189 cases of gender-based violence (GBV).

“One hundred and thirty-one cases of domestic violence, 17 cases of harmful widowhood practices and 94 cases of civil rights violation, among others, were equally recorded in the period under review,” she said.

She, however, said that the prolonged conflict in some parts of Plateau had contributed to the rising rate of violations in the state.

(NAN)