Nigeria: Plac Report Highlights Violence, Human Rights Abuses in Nigeria

*526 lives lost, 949 kidnapped

The Policy and Legislative Advocacy Centre (PLAC) has expressed worry over what it described as the increasing cases of human rights abuses in the country.

It said that despite constitutional provisions and international obligatory conventions guaranteeing citizens’ rights, violations such as extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, police brutality, and unlawful detentions continue to undermine the rule of law.

In its 2024 report on human rights violations in…