She also advocated the immediate sanction of anti-Boko Haram
fighters, who were involved in human rights violation, adding that this
would signal a clear departure from the past when the country was
indicted of human rights violation.
She suggested the suspension and prosecution of officers who were directly involved in the abuses.
Segun made the call on Wednesday in a report tweeted by the HRW.
The full report was also published on the website of the organisation.
The researcher said the military heads must “immediately and
publicly” show their support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment
to uphold human rights during his administration.
The Amnesty International had indicted Nigeria of human rights
abuses with the United States reportedly withdrawing its support for the
war against insurgency on the ground of the alleged violations.
“They should act to overhaul the rules of engagement to conform to
Nigeria’s obligations under international humanitarian law; give clear
instructions to military personnel to ensure their conduct is in
compliance with the rules and immediately suspend any member of the
security forces where there is credible evidence of involvement in
serious human rights abuses,” she said.
She said government’s failure to bring those allegedly responsible for the abuses to book was the grievance of the locals.
“Security forces have been implicated in disproportional use of force against civilians, detention without trial, enforced disappearances, ill-treatment, torture and extrajudicial killings. Soldiers have only been prosecuted and punished for military offences such as indiscipline and mutiny, but not for human rights abuses,” she noted in the online report.
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