A civil society organisation, Action Aid Nigeria (AAN), has revealed that about 57 communities in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) kill twins, triplets and albinos as part of culture. Tribes responsible for such act cut across Abaji, Gwagwalada, Kuje, Kwali and some parts of AMAC.
The country director of AAN, Ene Obi, made this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. “In some communities, there are twin altars where they bury these children and this happens in a couple of communities, about 57 around the FCT,” said Obi. “We know that the killing of twins was a practice in some parts of Nigeria. But little did we know that sitting in the FCT here and around us, twins, triplets, quadruplets, albinos, down syndrome children and those who lose their mothers at childbirth are considered evil and are killed.” He explained that a centre had been created with support from the European Union to help cater for some of the children rescued from such communities.
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