As the Plateau office of the National Human Rights Commission doubles its efforts over human rights abuses, it has rescued another girl, brought by an aunt from the East. She was maltreated and made to sleep in a shed meant for goats.
The State Coordinator of the National Human Rights Commission, Mrs. Grace Pam, Confirming the situation said the increasing number of abuses of minors in the last few days, disclosing that “as we speak, there is a case of another victim, a nine-year-old girl, Mmesoma, who just came to stay with her aunt barely two months ago.
“We had to rescue her on Thursday from her aunt. She beats her mercilessly but thank God, she did not blind her, but injured in the eye.
“We are taking her to the hospital this morning. The aunt brought her from the East to somewhere along Rukuba Road and she has been beating this girl, locking her up too.
“She also has scars all over her body.
“When our staff went there, she had locked her up in a zinc house where she keeps her goats.
“The girl is looking forward to going back to meet her parents in the East.”
The Coordinator appealed to citizens to stop the human rights abuses, reminding them that when apprehended, the available laws like the Child Rights law, Violence Against Persons Prohibition, VAPP, Gender and Equal Opportunities, GEO and others, which have been domesticated in thee state, would be used to prosecute them.
