The National Human Rights Commission has called on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to support the Commission’s efforts at entrenching accountability among the law enforcement agencies, particularly the ongoing reform in the Nigerian Police Force. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu OFR, SAN who made this advocacy in Abuja when he received the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (RC) His Excellency Matthias Schmale stated that although there was a Whitepaper on permanent mechanism for dealing with police brutality, the…
NHRC seeks UN support for ongoing Police Reform — receives Resident Coordinator
