The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), today revealed that it is fully ready to begin investigation into cases of pre-election violence and hate speeches reported to it across the country.
The commission in a statement by its Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Fatimah Agwai, noted that so far, the NHRC received about 16 complaints from various persons and groups on election related violence.
Consequently, the CPS argued that the governing council and management of the commission would soon be dispatched to states like Kaduna, Benue, Lagos and Rivers which had recorded high cases of pre-election violence.
Agwai maintained that the visit by the commission’s officials to the identified states would enable them to interact with key political actors and security personnel on strategies to prevent election violence during the 2015 general elections.
The commission called on all stakeholders to avail it with useful information that will enable it take informed decisions on cases of election violence.
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