The National Human Rights Commission has begun auditing of places of detention across the country.
The exercise, according to the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu, is to ensure that practices in detention facilities conform to human rights standards in Sokoto for the North West.
Others, he said, are Bauchi for the North East, Benue for the North Central, Oyo for South West, Imo for South East ,Edo for South South, and Federal Capital Territory.
Ojukwu, represented by the director, civil and political rights, Abdulrahman Yakubu, said the Police Station Visitors Week project was part of a larger project on ‘Strengthening Police Reforms in Nigeria.
He said it was funded by MacArthur Foundation and implemented by the commission.
He added that it was also in collaboration with the office of the vice president, CLEEN Foundation, Network for Police Reforms, and the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre.
He said the monitors have been sent to one state per geo-political zone, to carry out the audit in some police stations in those states.
