The Country Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, on Friday in Maiduguri, Borno State called on the Federal Government to apply relevant laws to prosecute terrorists and bandits for atrocities committed against humanity in Nigeria.
Cristian told journalists at a press briefing preparatory to the commemoration of World Humanitarian Day that it was unacceptable that governments had not taken drastic actions against those who abducted school children, killed women and teachers, and raped young schoolgirls.
Calling for proper strengthening of judiciary system, Munduate warned that the barbaric acts perpetuated against women, children and the vulnerable should stop so that children could go to schools without fear of being kidnapped or raped.
According to her: “So, yes it is bad. You can read these on a daily basis on the number of attacks on the community and schools. Just a couple of days ago, teachers were attacked and unfortunately, they were murdered. This aspect requires immediate action.
“It is not acceptable that bandits are not taking to courts and they have been assaulting, killing children and women; abducting and raping etc. It scares me, if there is any process, I think there is no proper punishment for these people legally.
“We have international laws and also a legal system. Of course, the country has their national laws and these laws have to be applied.”
