We received 93 complaints on domestic violence, abandonment, harassment in Zamfara – NHRC

The Zamfara State office of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has revealed that it received 93 complaints of domestic violence, abandonment of families, illegal detentions and harassment of citizens by state and non-state organizations.

This was disclosed to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital, by the State Coordinator of the Commission, Abdullahi Abubakar.

He said that the persistent security challenges and poverty were the main factors contributing to the alarming increase in incidents of domestic violence and human rights abuses in the state.

He further lamented that the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, are left to roam the streets without care, which is making it possible for some unscrupulous elements to take advantage of them, especially the young women, girl-child and the children, who have been deprived of education and decent livelihood.

He said that a lot of children have been abandoned by their parents in Zamfara State for their inability to cater for them.

The coordinator emphasized the need for the Zamfara State government to collate the data of persons who have been displaced from their communities and also the abandoned families to enable it properly address their plights.

We received 93 complaints on domestic violence, abandonment, harassment in Zamfara – NHRC