Wednesday, 23 September 2020

Killings in Nigeria : UK lawmakers report Buhari to Commonwealth



Some lawmakers in the United Kingdom parliament have reported President Muhammadu Buhari to the Secretary - General of Commonwealth over the unabating spate of killings in the country .
Daily Post reports the British lawmakers wrote the Commonwealth Secretary- General, Patricia
Scotland QC , over widespread violence in Nigeria .
These lawmakers include Caroline Cox, David Alton, Jin Shannon and Helena Kennedy.
According to them , thousands of civilians in.Nigeria had been killed and elements of the Nigerian Government may be complicit in the
violence.
Others , who signed the letter, are Lord Williams , Lord Carey , Dr Christopher Cocksworth, Phillip Mounstephen , Lord Stoddart, Lord Anderson, Lord Cormack.
Sir Geoffrey Nice QC , Ayo Adedoin , Ewelina Ochab, Mervyn Thomas , Dr Khataza Gondwe , Nevile Kyrte - Smith , Dr John Eibiner and Ann
Buwalda.
The lawyer sought intervention on the killings in Nigeria , highlighting the helplessness of the
current administration .

Source: vanguardngr.com

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