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The move is part of the efforts to eradicate issues relating to torture in the country, 

Beatrice Jedy-Agba, the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, made this known on Tuesday at the training for members of National Committee Against Torture (NCAT) in Abuja.

The accused, Gaiyathiri Murugayan, had pleaded guilty in February to 28 charges, including culpable homicide, related to the death of Piang Ngai Don, who was starved and weighed 24kg when she died.

The girl, who was rescued by Esther Child Rights Foundation, had since been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons.

Goshit, who hails from Jos, Plateau State, said the Navy Senior Officer on several occasions meted out on him various kinds punishments and inhuman treatments, while he served as his Orderly.

ASP Muhammad Jalige, the Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incidence to newsmen on Friday.

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of nine members of the Kogi State Vigilante Service for allegedly torturing a man to death in Ofabo Egabenebe community in Ofu Local Government area of the state.

Justice Joseph Mbor, who gave the order on Monday in Oyigbo, said the arrest, detention and torture of the applicant, Success Amaefule, was unlawful