A recent NOIPolls survey of the general people has shown that the police and government employees in Nigeria are the biggest perpetrators of human rights abuses.
This was revealed in a statement that The PUNCH had access to on Thursday.
1,000 randomly chosen adults, 18 years of age and older, who were representative of the 36 states and the six geopolitical areas, were surveyed in the poll that began on November 7th, 2022.
The poll’s results also revealed that male respondents had experienced more human rights abuses than their female counterparts.
A portion of the statement read, “A new public opinion poll conducted by NOIPolls has revealed that government officials (30 per cent) and the Police (26 per cent) are the main violators of human rights in Nigeria as disclosed by Nigerians whose rights have been violated in the past.
“Sadly, it is worth noting that the institutions and government agencies established to protect and defend its citizenry are the ones primarily indicted for human rights violations in the country.
“More findings from the poll also revealed that issues of human rights violation are prevalent in Nigeria as disclosed by 88 per cent of respondents interviewed. Regarding violation, 31 per cent of adult Nigerians nationwide claimed their human rights have been violated in the past.
“Analysis by gender showed that there are more male (36 per cent) than female (26 per cent) respondents whose rights have been violated before. Consequently, when asked about the component of human rights that have been violated, 25 per cent claimed that their ‘right to freedom of movement had been trampled upon in one way or another. While 11 per cent mentioned that their ‘right to freedom from torture/degrading treatment’ has been infringed on, another 10 per cent disclosed the ‘right to life’ amongst other human rights violations.
“Finally, the poll result showed that most victims (75 per cent) of human rights violations in Nigeria do not report
