IHRC-RFT raises alarm over alleged harassment of Fulani communities

The International Human Rights Commission-Relief Fund Trust (IHRC-RFT), Nigeria Chapter, has raised issues over the alleged harassment and mistreatment of peaceable Fulani communities by some safety personnel, vigilante teams and felony parts inside their very own ethnic group.

In a press launch, the fee mentioned it had obtained complaints from Fulani residents who claimed they have been being focused regardless of being law-abiding residents.

The group additionally alleged that some felony Fulani parts had been stealing their cattle and killing them of their houses and whereas they have been grazing their livestock.

The fee careworn that a whole ethnic group shouldn’t be labelled felony or terrorist as a result of of the actions of some people.

It mentioned each ethnic group had law-abiding folks in addition to people concerned in crime, including that harmless folks should not be punished for offences dedicated by others.

The IHRC-RFT known as on the federal government and safety businesses to guard the lives, dignity and basic rights of Fulani folks and different Nigerians with out discrimination.

It additionally urged the authorities to analyze allegations of felony actions in accordance with the regulation and depend on credible proof reasonably than assumptions based mostly on ethnicity or background.

“The Commission further urges all Nigerian security personnel, vigilante groups, and members of the public to refrain from taking the law into their own hands. No individual or community should be subjected to harassment, intimidation, or denial of fundamental rights because of their ethnic identity,” the assertion added.

The fee mentioned it remained dedicated to receiving complaints, reviewing out there proof and pursuing applicable channels to advertise justice, defend human rights and encourage peaceable coexistence throughout Nigeria.

The assertion was signed by Amb. Abdullahi Bakoji Adamu, the nation director of IHRC-RFT in Nigeria.

“Human rights belong to everyone; justice must never discriminate on the basis of ethnicity,” the fee mentioned.