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Nigeria: NGO demands prison audits, child rights protection, police accountability
A Lagos-based non-governmental organisation, Zarephath Aid (ZA), has called for urgent reforms in Nigeria’s justice sector, urging the judiciary and government agencies to go beyond speeches and take decisive steps to decongest correctional facilities, enforce child rights, and curb police excesses.
Source: Independant Nigeria (04/10/2025)