Mr. Rights Blog

National Human Rights Commission( NHRC ) has condemned in strong terms the statement credited to the Kaduna State Governor ,Mallam Nasir El-Rufai warning that foreigners who interfere with the forthcoming elections 'will go back in body bags.' In a statement by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu Esq in Abuja Friday, the Commission called on politicians to refrain from actscapable of instigating violence ahead of the elections. According to the Commission the Kaduna State Governor's statement is unacceptable and should be condemned by all and sundry. The Commission calls on the governor to retract the statement in the light of the dangerous signal it could send to both Nigerians and the international community. The Commission stated that it will invoke the weight of the legal instruments within its mandate on the governor and any other persons who may indulge in such hateful statements in the name of politics. It calls on the international obs...

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has tendered an unreserved apology to Kwara Must Change (KMC) group for the delay in investigating its petition over the gruesome killings of more than 3 youths in Lafiaji town, Edu local government area of Kwara State. The victims were allegedly murdered by security agents attached to Alhaji Shaaba Lafiaji, a senator representing Kwara North Senatorial district during a peaceful protest to demand accountability from the under-performing senator, who is yet to sponsor any bill at the National Assembly, nor perform his constituency responsibility. NHRC through the investigative officer in Abuja offered the apology to Kwara Must Change during the week, when a delegation by the group led by its President, Abdulrazaq Hamzat visited the headquarters of the commission in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The commission also assured the group that it would do its part to get to the root of the matter and ensure justice is served. Kwara Must Change presid...