The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged federal and state governments to enhance their judicial systems for proper prosecution of bandits before the courts of law.
A UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, made the call while addressing newsmen in Maiduguri.on Friday in preparation for the commemoration of World Humanitarian Day scheduled for August 19.
She lamented the absence of proper prosecution and punishments for bandits for the various crimes they perpetrate against humanity.
She said: “We have international laws and also a legal system. Of course, Nigeria has its national laws and these laws have to be applied to prosecute and punish bandits.
“It scares me that bandits are not taken to courts even though they have been assaulting and killing children and women, abducting and raping etc.
“It scares me that no laws are applied to prosecute and punish them. If there is any legal process, I think there is a need for proper punishment for these people legally.”
The UNICEF Representative also faulted the method of relocation of IDPs to their ancestral communities which, according to her, has still not ended the problems of the majority of the relocated IDPs.
She suggested that the relocation should be a better-planned process that enables the relocated IDPs to properly rebuild their lives economically.
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