National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Civil Society Organisations, on Wednesday, applauded the judgment of a court in Abuja in favour of six women.
“The commission, as usual, intervened and invited all the necessary parties to a parley wherein the AEPB agreed to stay action pending mainstreaming of human rights principles into its operations, even as the commission declared that right to freedom of movement, association, leisure, recreation and privacy are necessary entitlements of the people.Also speaking, Mrs Kemi Okenyodo, executive director, Partners West Africa -Nigeria, member, governing board, NHRC expressed joy over the judgment.
“It was alleged that the invasion was commissioned by Hajiya Safiya Umar, the acting secretary, Social Development Secretariat of the FCT, a woman saddled with protecting persons within the FCT, particularly women and children. “These women, targeted because of their gender, suffered sexual violations, physical and mental torture while in detention at Utako Police Station,” she said.
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