Bandits, terrorists, and other non-state actors have claimed the lives of at least 750 individuals, while 45 people have been abducted from various educational institutions across the country in 2023.
A report from the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) highlights the year’s commencement with attacks on unarmed civilians by insurgents and non-state actors, juxtaposed with incidents involving security forces. Regrettably, the year is concluding in a similar fashion.
The 2023 human rights report, unveiled on Friday in Abuja by PLAC’s Executive Director, Clement Nwankwo, coincided with an event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Human Rights Day. The event’s theme was “Freedom, Equality, and Justice for All.”
Nwankwo said it was against the backdrop of ravaging insecurity, arbitrariness exhibited by state institutions and deepening levels of poverty that the status of human rights protection in the year 2023 was examined.
He regretted that life in general had remained insecure in most parts of the country, even as soldiers were deployed in virtually all of Nigeria’s 36 States.
