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Aug 18, 2009, 05:16 AM
As Borno inaugurates investigative panel
The Nigerian government has formally apologised to the United Nations over the killing of the Boko Haram sect leader, Mohammed Yusuf, and reiterated its commitment to far-reaching investigation into the crisis caused by the Islamic sect, which claimed about 700 lives in the Northern part of the country.
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Roland Ewubare, made this known in Abuja, on Monday, when the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Jeff Hard, called on him.
Ewubare, who claimed to be part of the government delegation to Geneva last Friday, added that the trip was at the instance of President Umaru Yar’Adua, who was said to have asked the delegation to assure the United Nations that those behind the alleged extra-judicial killing on Yusuf would be punished.
According to Ewubare, the delegation was led by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, with counsel for the State House as a member.
The delegation reportedly met with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navanethem Pillay.
Meanwhile, Governor Ali Sheriff of Borno State has inaugurated a 13- man committee to investigate the immediate and the remote causes of the Boko Haram crisis that engulfed the state recently.
http://www.tribune.com.ng/18082009/news/news9.html
The Nigerian government has formally apologised to the United Nations over the killing of the Boko Haram sect leader, Mohammed Yusuf, and reiterated its commitment to far-reaching investigation into the crisis caused by the Islamic sect, which claimed about 700 lives in the Northern part of the country.
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Roland Ewubare, made this known in Abuja, on Monday, when the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Jeff Hard, called on him.
Ewubare, who claimed to be part of the government delegation to Geneva last Friday, added that the trip was at the instance of President Umaru Yar’Adua, who was said to have asked the delegation to assure the United Nations that those behind the alleged extra-judicial killing on Yusuf would be punished.
According to Ewubare, the delegation was led by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, with counsel for the State House as a member.
The delegation reportedly met with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navanethem Pillay.
Meanwhile, Governor Ali Sheriff of Borno State has inaugurated a 13- man committee to investigate the immediate and the remote causes of the Boko Haram crisis that engulfed the state recently.
http://www.tribune.com.ng/18082009/news/news9.html