Reuters reported in December that the navy ran a secret abortion programme in its combat in opposition to Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria.
Nigeria’s human rights fee has appointed a particular panel whose position will embrace investigating a Reuters report that the navy ran a secret abortion programme in its combat in opposition to armed teams within the northeast.
The Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC), which is appointed by the federal government, stated in a press release posted on its web site on Tuesday that it could launch the particular panel subsequent week in Abuja.
“The Nationwide Human Rights Fee will on Tuesday (seventh February 2023) inaugurate a Particular Impartial Investigative Panel on human rights violations within the implementation of counterinsurgency operations within the northeast,” NHRC stated.
“The panel will, amongst different issues, deal with investigating Reuters report which alleged that Nigerian Navy was concerned in abortion of many pregnancies within the North East within the final 10 years,” NHRC stated.
The seven-member panel will likely be chaired by retired Supreme Courtroom Choose Abdu Aboki and features a retired main normal, a consultant from the Nigerian Bar Affiliation and an skilled in obstetrics and gynaecology, NHRC stated.
It was not instantly clear how lengthy the investigation would final and what the panel would do with its findings. NHCR has no powers to prosecute human rights violators however can advocate prosecution for offenders.
An NHRC spokesperson didn't reply to calls and messages despatched to their cell phone in search of additional particulars.
Reuters reported in December, based mostly on dozens of witness accounts and documentation, that the navy abortion programme concerned terminating at the very least 10,000 pregnancies amongst girls and women, lots of whom had been kidnapped and raped by insurgent fighters.
The Nigerian navy stated it could not perform an investigation as a result of the report was not true.
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