NHRC demands thorough investigation into killing of 16-year-old by soldier in Kaduna

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for thorough probe into the sidesplitting of a 16-year-old boy, Isma’il Muhammad successful Zaria during the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest.

The committee expressed heavy concerns implicit the killing, during the 24-hour curfew imposed to curtail the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protestation successful the state.

The Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Mr Tony Ojukwu, made the telephone portion reacting to the incidental that led to the killing.

He said it is peculiarly troubling fixed the commission’s erstwhile advisory connected the excesses of instrumentality enforcement agencies during the protests.

He reiterated that the close to beingness is sacrosanct and cannot beryllium violated nether immoderate circumstances.

“The usage of lethal unit against unarmed civilians, particularly minors, is unacceptable and a wide usurpation of planetary quality rights standards.

“We request a thorough and transparent probe into this incidental and telephone for the worker progressive to beryllium held accountable” helium said.

Ojukwu said, this is not an isolated incident, and the NHRC volition proceed to show the concern and instrumentality indispensable steps to guarantee that quality rights are protected and promoted successful Nigeria.

He therefore, urged the authorities to instrumentality factual measures to code the systemic issues starring to these violations.

“The authorities should guarantee that instrumentality enforcement agencies run wrong the ambit of the instrumentality and respect quality rights.”

While commiserating with the household of Isma’il Muhammad, Ojukwu said the Commission volition permission nary chromatic unturned successful investigating this sidesplitting and respective different violations that took spot during the protest.

Recall that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has ordered for the apprehension of the worker who accidentally killed Mohammed.

The Director of Army Public Relations, Maj Gen Onyema Nwachukwu successful a connection explained the origin of decease of the teenager.

He added that the worker progressive has since been arrested and undergoing interrogation.

NHRC demands thorough probe into sidesplitting of 16-year-old by worker successful Kaduna