The NBA Chairperson, Enugu Branch, Charles Nwagbara, spoke on Wednesday during an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES.
, Enugu Branch, Charles Nwagbara, says President Bola Tinubu must adopt multiple measures to curb rising human rights abuses in Nigeria.
The law establishing the NHRC was amended in 2010 to accommodate quasi-judicial powers to summon persons, acquire evidence, award compensation and enforce decisions.“I think more effort should be made to empower them to increase their capability in fighting human rights abuses,” he said. “But the extent to which they were used, to me, does not match with the reason for establishing them in the first place. So, much more needs to be done on that,” he said, adding that such human rights desks should also be established in all the law enforcement agencies.
Mr Nwagbara said the fact that the military and police had “suffered serious casualties” from IPOB attacks may have “interfered with the way” they ought to have conducted themselves to avoid human rights abuses.
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