By Akinwale Kasali
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has demanded an immediate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the discovery of 21 children rescued from a church building in Jos, Plateau State.
CDHR called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to swing into action to probe the matter.
Condemning the heinous act in strong terms, the CDHR said president Buhari should order Men of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF and Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate the issue.
In a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Idris Afeez Olayinka, on Monday, July 4, 2022, CDHR said the act shouldn’t be swept under the carpet, but investigations should be carried and bring those behind the act to book no matter how highly placed.
Recall that the DSS operatives rescued the 21 children when it swooped on a house located at JMDB quarters, in the Tudun Wada community of Jos North LGA of Plateau State.
Meanwhile, the General Secretary of ECWA, Rev. Yunusa Nmadu, has confirmed that the building where the victims were rescued was under the control of the ECWA church.
According to reports, “the children had been kept for about five months before one of them escaped and sought help from a nearby mosque in Jos, Plateau State”.
According to one of the victims that escaped, Abdulrahman Husain, the incident occurred on June 13.
While narrating the incident, the escapee said he and one other Nura Usama were forcefully taken by some individuals in a Camry Toyota Car from Gombe to ECWA headquarters in Jos.
“CDHR will continue to monitor the police and DSS investigations as events unfold. It should be noted that CDHR will always stand at the side of the law,” Idris added
