Nigeria, April 29 -- Residents of Delta, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Imo State lodged the highest number of complaints on rights violations with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in 2020, a report by the commission has said.

While Delta residents lodged a total of 214,400 complaints, FCT had 148,000 and Imo 106,800.

They are followed closely by Borno, Edo and Abia States with 93,600, 93,600, and 64,000 respectively.

The petitions from the states are among the 1.2 million received by the commission nationwide in a year marked by unusual events, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the 2020 NHRC report exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, women and children faced a heightened risk as gender-based and domesti...