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In Nigeria human rights is on wheelchair, we should be mourning not celebrating
As the world marks the international Human Rights Day across the globe, Senator Shehu Sani, has said rather than celebrate that Nigeria should be mourning.
The former ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) senator suggested that human rights under President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is not yet dead in Nigeria but on a “wheelchair” and deserved to be mourned and not celebrated.
He stated this in a message on his Twitter account in response to the marking of Human Rights Day today December 10.
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He said, “We shouldn’t be celebrating Human rights today.We should rather be mourning, or at least commiserate with ourselves.Nigeria’s human rights situation is not yet in a casket or on a stretcher but it’s definitely on a wheelchair.”
Nigerian President, Buhari has consistently been accused of violation of human rights, especially owing to his refusal to obey court orders granting bail to some accused personalities in the country.
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