The
National Human Rights Commission, (NHRC) has condemned in strong terms the
recent gruesome killing of a young University of Jos undergraduate, Rinji Peter
Bala allegedly by security operatives along Zaria Road, Jos, Plateau State.
The
Commission's Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu said the apex Human rights body
has launched a full scale investigation into the unfortunate death of the student
sequel to the preliminary findings received by the office headquarters, Abuja.
The
Commission described the killing of Rinji as inhuman and a gross violation of
his right to life as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria 1999, as amended and other international human rights instruments to
which Nigeria is a party.
Consequently,
the Commission Ojukwu said has
directed the Jos office of the
Commission to investigate the
circumstances surrounding the killing of the young man with a veiw to
bringing the perpetrators to book.
A
release by the Director Corporate Affairs and External Linkages of NHRC,
Lambert Oparah, quoted the Executive
Secretary to have appealed to members of the public to remain calm promising that all those involved in the dastardly act
will be fished out and brought book.
At the
wake of the COVID-19 Lockdown, the NHRC
has been working with relevant CSO'S and members of the public in monitoring
and documenting human rights violations by law enforcement agencies. Between
31st March and 4th May 2020 , of the lockdown, the Commission documented a
total of 209 rights violations bordering on Extra Judicial killings, torture, inhuman and degrading
treatment,violations of rights to freedom of movement, unlawful arrest and detention, seizure of
properties, Gender based , (SGBV) as well as domestic violence .
Twenty-nine (29) of the complaints
were extrajudicial killings, resulting to deaths.
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