Nigeria Reacts to UN Query to Buhari Govt on ⚰Killings, Corruption, Biafra, Others
President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has reacted to the United Nations’ complaint about human rights abuses, handling of El-Zakzaky/Shiites agitation, killings among others.
Amb. Audu Kadiri, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations Office in Geneva, led the Federal government’s delegation at the Human Rights Committee review meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
In a statement released by his office on Wednesday, the envoy said Boko Haram was an existential threat and there were no “absolute liberties, not anywhere, as one person’s liberty ended where another person’s liberty started”.
On the issues of detention of the Shiites leader, Kadiri noted that there were two jurisdictions and two trials: one at the federal level, the other at the state level and bail was not possible for the latter trial.
Kadiri said that he had been granted bail in Abuja and had subsequently faced criminal accusations in a different state where he was now on trial
The delegation added that those who were willing to repent were being rehabilitated while those not ready to change had to undergo the judicial process.
He explained that there were over one million internally displaced persons in camps due to Boko Haram’s actions, and those responsible had to be tried.
President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has reacted to the United Nations’ complaint about human rights abuses, handling of El-Zakzaky/Shiites agitation, killings among others.
Amb. Audu Kadiri, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations Office in Geneva, led the Federal government’s delegation at the Human Rights Committee review meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
In a statement released by his office on Wednesday, the envoy said Boko Haram was an existential threat and there were no “absolute liberties, not anywhere, as one person’s liberty ended where another person’s liberty started”.
On the issues of detention of the Shiites leader, Kadiri noted that there were two jurisdictions and two trials: one at the federal level, the other at the state level and bail was not possible for the latter trial.
Kadiri said that he had been granted bail in Abuja and had subsequently faced criminal accusations in a different state where he was now on trial
The delegation added that those who were willing to repent were being rehabilitated while those not ready to change had to undergo the judicial process.
He explained that there were over one million internally displaced persons in camps due to Boko Haram’s actions, and those responsible had to be tried.
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