1 October Protest: NHRC warns police, other security operatives against rights violations

Oct. 1, 2024 - Premium Times

He lamented the gross violations of human rights, arbitrary arrests of citizens by law enforcement officers who were yet to be brought to book, and the looting of properties by hoodlums. #EndBadGovernance marked by widespread rights abusesPREMIUM TIMES reported how the law enforcement agencies violated the rights of protesters and non-protesters during the #EndBadGovernance protest, despite the advisory issued by the NHRC to guide the conduct of the protest.

1 October protestThe planned 1 October protest is a continuation of the #EndBadGovernance protest which took place between the 1 to 10 August. Others are Coalition for Concerned Nigerian Citizens (CCNC), Initiative for a Better and Brighter Nigeria (IBBN), Movement for African Emancipation (MAE), Pan-African Consciousness Renaissance (PACOR-Nigeria), Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR).

The organisers of the protest, which some of them tagged, #FearlessinOctober, demand, among others, the release of those detained during the #EndBadGovernance protest, and an end to the ‘anti-poor’ policies and human rights violations...