“One thousand fifty-three persons were affected, including 166 women and 463 children,” said an NHRC coordinator.
NHRC has urged relevant stakeholders to create more awareness about the VAPP Law in Edo.
Mr Ojukwu said the day’s celebration was to call upon Nigerians to always stand for and demand their rights from the government.
“The role of the military in a democratic society is pivotal.”
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“Granting remedy to everyone injured signifies justice and redress when right is violated,” the UN rights coordinator in Nigeria said.
Mr Abdullahi said that 42 out of the cases bordered on women and gender matters, while 25 had to do with family abandonment.
Most of the cases were related to issues of women and gender, civil and political rights.
“But the truth is that Borno has been peaceful. Of course, we are still in the insurgency; it hasn’t stopped.
The executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, has identified poverty as one of the barriers to the enjoyment of human rights.
The police have established a dedicated 13-member investigative team to probe the death of Mohbad.
