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‘Nigeria records highest number of missing persons in Africa’

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‘Nigeria information highest variety of lacking individuals in Africa’

Nigeria records highest number of missing persons in Africa

It’s been claimed Nigeria holds the file for highest variety of lacking individuals in Africa.

In line with the Govt Director, CLEEN basis, Dr. Benson Olugbuo who quoted the Worldwide Committee Pink Cross (ICRC), stating that inside the final 10yrs, about 22,000 folks have been lacking from Nigeria alone, which is the best file in Africa up to now.

Talking Monday on the Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC) headquarters in Abuja in commemoration of the 2021 Worldwide Day of the Disappeared, he stated the best case recorded was in 2014 when women from the Authorities Ladies Faculty, Chibok also referred to as Chibok women have been kidnapped from their college by the Boko Haram insurgents.

He stated folks had all the time laid complaints about instances of kidnap, lacking individuals, and different instances of disappearance however little or no was completed therefore the necessity to evaluation the legal guidelines of lacking individuals to get simpler.

Minister, Ministry of Ladies Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen lamented that Nigeria had the best case of lacking individuals in Africa therefore, urged that the current administration have been on their toes to curb the scenario.

She famous that households of lacking individuals have been all the time traumatised, stressing that the regulation enforcement companies want each help to make sure that insecurity and instances of disappearance have been eradicated.

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Revealed at Tue, 31 Aug 2021 22:30:18 +0000