• As NHRC vows to invoke its powers
• As NHRC vows to invoke its powers
A petitioner, Hassan Sani Musa on Tuesday told the Independent Investigative Panel on the defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force that in order to pacify his family after torturing his brother to death, the police presented food items and money to them.
--Insists on production of DCP Legal, 3 other officers
The Independent Investigation Panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force on Tuesday gave the police a six-day ultimatum to explain why they refused to obey its order directing them to produce the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) legal in the Force Headquarters before the panel over the case of alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of John Emeka Alozie.
The Independent Investigation Panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force has recovered a vehicle belonging to one Hon. Ngozika Ihuoma confiscated by union bank in 2013.
As Nigeria joins the rest of the global Community to commemorate the 2022 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Discrimination, the National Human Rights Commission enjoins Nigerians, national institutions and other stakeholders to strive and uphold the inherent rights and dignity of all persons, particularly those who are facing one form of discrimination or the other.