The Director-General of the
National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mustapha Maihaja, on Monday,
reveals that ISIS terrorists may be among Nigerians being evacuated from Libya.
Maihaja said this during a press
briefing by the federal government’s delegation.
United Nations Secretary-General,
Antonio Guterres, has congratulated the Nigerian government, on conducting
trials of Boko Haram suspects.
He urged it to ensure due process
and transparency by granting access to human rights observers.
Guterres stated this in the
Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the UN Office for West
Africa and the Sahel.
He advised the federal government
to uphold compliance by its armed forces with national laws and international
human rights standards.
“I reiterate my call for stronger
partnership among the affected countries, as well as with regional
organisations, including the African Union, and underscore the need for all
counter-insurgency efforts to be carried out in full compliance with
international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law.
“I reiterate my call upon the
international community to increase its political, humanitarian, early
recovery, logistical and financial assistance to the affected countries and to
the Task Force and the Lake Chad Basin Commission.
“I encourage countries of the
Lake Chad basin to continue their efforts to reintegrate Boko Haram victims and
other categories of individuals associated with Boko Haram, and urge the
international community to assist them in that endeavour.
“I reiterate my call for a
regional strategy for addressing the root causes of the crisis in the basin. In
that regard, I welcome the holding of the first regional stabilisation
conference in the basin region and hope that the conference will be the first
step towards the development of such a strategy,” he said.
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