One hundred and twenty-four children were abducted from the streets in Nigeria in the last five years.
The attacks affected the education of the Nigerian children as no fewer than 618 schools were closed in six northern states over the fear of attacks and abductions.
Also, three children were kidnapped from their father’s house in Firo Village of Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
2020 had the highest cases within the five years under review with 37 cases.
Andrew Ogbuja, a senior lecturer in the Department of Catering and Hotel Management, Benue State Polytechnic Ugbokolo, and his son, Victor, a final year student at the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, were indicted over the incident.
Look at the Oromoni case when they got cleared of the crime, some members of the mainstream media put their names.
Despite the rising cases of child molestation, abduction and killing, not all Nigerian states have domesticated the Child Rights Act.
In 2003, Nigeria passed the Child’s Rights Act, ratifying both the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of Children.
Other regulations, including the constitution, have been considered to be capable of protecting children.
With the government, they are only interested in the social aspect like the Children Day, African Day of the Girl Child, taking children to the presidency and government houses but what about the protection of the children.
He decried children abuse within the homes where they are used for ritual purposes by family members, adding that the community had not fared better as people are only interested in their own children.
We train them and convert them to child protection officers; they report cases of child abuse when it is about to happen and when it has happened what to do,” he said.
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