The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Mohamed Fall has called for the protection of children rights against violence and other form of abuses in the country.
A statement issued by the Communication Analyst, UNICEF Field Office Maiduguri, Kusali Kubwalo, Fall said the call would serve as reminder to widespread abductions and grave violation of children’s rights in the northeast region.
Fall noted that the figure represented the number of cases verified, adding that true figures were likely to be higher.
According to UNICEF, since 2012; non state armed groups had recruited and used children as combatants, non-combatants, raped and forced girls to marry.
It added that armed groups also committed grave violations against children, lamenting that some of the girls become pregnant in captivity and gave birth without any medical care or attention.
