The hearing which is slated to hold from December 17 to 19, 2014 at the Federal High Court complex, would entertain the four petitions filed on behalf of the affected communities by the Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action) in conjunction with other civil society organisations
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Angwe spoke in Abuja on Friday when he received a delegation of “Concerned Tiv-Taraba Youths Frontier”, who complained to the commission over alleged genocide by Fulani herdsmen in the state
The group, in the petition signed by its Secretary, Comrade Aderemi Olaleye, and addressed to the NHRC Executive Secretary, Prof. Ben Angwe, said Justice Adeyeye breached Sections 34, 40, and 42 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by lambasting law-abiding citizens of Ekiti State, calling them thugs and that the Chief Judge breached the citizens constitutional rights to fair hearing by indicting them without first hearing their own side of the story
The statement said the report had vindicated the stand of the JNI on the incident, and urged the Federal Government agencies indicted in the report to accept it in good faith
The NHRC indicted the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Services for the killing of the eight squatters
A communique released after the council’s meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State said: “Council considered a draft report of its Panel of Inquiry into the Apo Killings of 20 September 2014 and approved the release of the report to the public
Prof. Ben Angwe, the Executive Secretary, NHRC, who is also the chairman at the seating, said that the commission would look into all complaints and make recommendations to the Federal Government for appropriate action
The NHRC said it had established contact with international rights organizations for this purpose