NHRC to FG: apprehend all killers now

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the
Federal Government to apprehend and prosecute all those fingered in
serial killings across the country including criminal gangs and
herdsmen operating under various guises, in order to avert further
breakdown of law and order.

The human rights watchdog in a statement signed by Fatima
Mohammed Agwai, the Acting Executive Secretary, the commissions
head of Media Mrs. Oti Ovrawah described the recent killings across
the country as a destruction of what binds the citizens together as
human beings and called on security agencies to as a matter of
urgency and in the overall interest of peace, unearth all the
perpetrators of the killings which have left many families without
their loved ones.

Mrs. Ovrawah said these killings have no place in the society
and that government has a duty to guarantee the right to life of
every person in Nigeria.

She added that government must put in place effective measures
to prevent attacks on innocent people by criminal gangs and other
non-state actors across the country.

She added that the killing of defenceless citizens across the
country was horrifying as it is capable of generating mutual
distrust among the various groups in Nigeria.

She cited the incident in Benue state where hundreds of youths
took to the streets to protest the killings that took place in
various parts of the State hence urged the security services to
firm up their strategies with new dynamics on tackling these
challenges.

She advised the Federal and the relevant State Governments to
ensure that the perpetrators were arrested and brought to justice
to serve as a deterrent to others.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the
Federal Government to apprehend and prosecute all those fingered in
serial killings across the country including criminal gangs and
herdsmen operating under various guises, in order to avert further
breakdown of law and order.

The human rights watchdog in a statement signed by Fatima
Mohammed Agwai, the Acting Executive Secretary, the commissions
head of Media Mrs. Oti Ovrawah described the recent killings across
the country as a destruction of what binds the citizens together as
human beings and called on security agencies to as a matter of
urgency and in the overall interest of peace, unearth all the
perpetrators of the killings which have left many families without
their loved ones.

Mrs. Ovrawah said these killings have no place in the society
and that government has a duty to guarantee the right to life of
every person in Nigeria.

She added that government must put in place effective measures
to prevent attacks on innocent people by criminal gangs and other
non-state actors across the country.

She added that the killing of defenceless citizens across the
country was horrifying as it is capable of generating mutual
distrust among the various groups in Nigeria.

She cited the incident in Benue state where hundreds of youths
took to the streets to protest the killings that took place in
various parts of the State hence urged the security services to
firm up their strategies with new dynamics on tackling these
challenges.

She advised the Federal and the relevant State Governments to
ensure that the perpetrators were arrested and brought to justice
to serve as a deterrent to others.