Nigeria: Reports of extrajudicial killings, sexual violence setback to counter-insurgency operations in Nigeria – Rafsanjani — Africa Links 24

…says human rights abuses must stop

Auwal Musa-Rafsanjani, the executive-Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has claimed that the counter-insurgency operations of the Nigerian Military is characterised by extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, incommunicado detention, and sexual violence.

Mr Rafsanjani made the claim on Thursday while delivering a keynote lecture during the 2024 Nigerian Army Human Rights Seminar.

Speaking on the theme: ‘Nexus…