Elderly Man Buried Alive In Benue State

The National Senior Citizens Center has denounced a recent incident in which a 70-year-old man was buried alive in the Ihwakar Kumekor Dam in Benue’s Konshisha Local Government Area.

This information can be found in a statement made by the center’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Omini Oden, in Abuja.

The incident is allegedly the work of some suspected youngsters in the Mbatue Ward of the Council Area, according to Dr. Emem Omokaro, Director-General of the NSCC.

Omokaro referred to the behavior as abhorrent and the height of a human rights violation that cannot go unpunished.

The DG, however, commended the Nigeria Police and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters, for the timely intervention, which saw the immediate arrest of the suspects.

She therefore assured Nigerians that the centre would continue to defend the rights and privileges of older persons, in line with its mandate.

“The National Senior Citizens Centre Anti Elder Abuse Community Response Mechanism, is working in partnership with the National Human Rights Commission, the Legal Aids Council of Nigeria and NAPTIP, to stem the abuse and violence against older persons, as well as provide access to justice,” she said.

She therefore appealed to the public, to utilise the following NAPTIP toll-free lines, to report cases of abuse or violence against older persons in Nigeria; 07030000203, 080-CALLNAPTIP and for MTN 627 and *627#,” the statement added