It stated that SERAP’s statement followed the proposals by the senators at a two-day retreat on Constitution Review organised by the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Constitution Review in Lagos on Saturday
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It added that if the bureau failed to investigate the cases, the group would not hesitate to use legal means to compel it to discharge that constitutional responsibility
SERAP, in the letter dated March 18, 2016 and signed by its Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, said: “This corrupt process amounts to a fundamental breach of constitutionally and internationally recognized human rights of millions of Nigerians particularly the right to equality and non-discrimination, to work and to human dignity
A human rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has filed an action at the Federal High Court, Lagos…
The National Committee of Yoruba Youths on Tuesday rose in defence of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, with a call on…
The group said: “We welcome the official declaration of assets by the president and the vice-president. This clearly complies with the requirements of the Nigerian Constitution as contained in Chapter 6 Section 140
The group advocated that inciting or perpetrating election-related violence should be included in the constitution as “an explicit stand-alone ground” for the impeachment of elected officials
The civil society group made the request in an open letter to the parties, signed by its Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni
The group said the continued detention of the girls had negative impact on their well-being and long-term education
A copy of the petition, signed by SERAP’s Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, on January 18, 2013, expressed worry over the horrible state of police training colleges and other police formations in the country
SERAP said dismantling high-level official corruption, ending impunity and turning around the country as a whole requires more than Jonathan making mere promises and preaching of decency
Six civil society groups, including the Socio-Economic and Accountability Project, sued the AGF and the CBN over the much publicised $12.4 billion oil windfall, which the country recorded between 1988 and 1992, while former military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, was in power