The Senate President, Bukola Saraki disclosed this while receiving the Amnesty International (AI) 2017/18 report on ‘The State of the World’s Human Rights’ and the organization’s report on women who survived Boko Haram onslaught but were later maltreated, from its Country Director, Mrs. Osai Ojigho, in Abuja.
Saraki affirmed that the country
being an important part of the comity of nations, must continue to lead by
example by doing the right things.
“By getting it right, we must be
able to accept where these issues exist and work with partners like yourselves
to be able to establish the facts,” Saraki said, adding that, “We have already
set up a panel on your IDPs report. By doing this, we can establish where
sanctions need to be meted out.”
The Senate President continued:
“You have our assurance that nothing will be covered up. Not just for the purpose
of disciplining people, but for the purpose of preventing recurrence. By doing
this, we can help to ensure that people will change in their approach.
“Our people are already going
through a lot of hardship in the IDPs camps, they do not need this. We must
stand and be there for them. In this regard, I am very keen to see the
committee work very closely with you to resolve this — so that the
administration of justice is achieved and people will get a fair hearing.”
In her remarks, the Country
Director of AI, Mrs. Ojigho said that the visit was meant to commend the Senate
for setting up a panel to investigate the allegations contained in the report.
“We think it is a good sign of
progress and a willingness to find out the truth regarding the incidents that
have been happening and we hope that it will bring recourse to the women
victims and their families in their quest to seek justice.
“We also want to commend the work
of the National Assembly in passing and reforming our laws, particularly the
Anti-Torture Law that was signed by the President in December. We believe that
this would go a long way in addressing the issue of torture, particularly by
our security forces in Nigeria,” the Country Director said.
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