Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday said it recorded 384,196 reports of human rights violations in October across Nigeria, up by 13.4 per cent from the previous month.

The number of cases stood at 338,810 in September.

In October, complaints on the violation of the freedom from discrimination were the highest at 217, 243.

Giving the report at the NHRC's headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, the Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, said 180,000 of the 217,243 discrimination cases were from the camps of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

He said, "Every complaint is a person, a family, or a community whose rights and dignity need protection.

"Our responsibility is not simply to document these complaint...