Nigeria, March 5 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Wednesday, reported a spike in rape incidents tracked in February.

The commission disclosed this in the February Dashboard Presentation.

Presenting the February report at the NHRC headquarters in Abuja, the Senior Adviser to the commission, Hilary Ogbonna, noted that while rape cases were under-reported in previous reports, the commission recorded an upsurge between January and February.

"For the first time, we are reporting an increase in rape. Prior to now, we have always maintained that the statistics we have for rape indicate that rape incidents are under-reported or not reported at all. But between January and February, we have seen an upsurge in the reports that ...