NHRC Wants Abduction Case Against NAF Personnel Re-Opened

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the police to re-open the  case in which a village head and two others were abducted in Sokoto State.
The NHRC Coordinator in the state, Mr Hamza Liman, said though two of those accused of committing the offence were arrested, they were never properly charged for the offence, while the victims were not released.
According to him, the accused persons were only prosecuted for lighter offences and subsequently left off the hook.
Those abducted were Alhaji Abdullahi Yahaya, the village Head of Maikurje, Buhari Sardaunan-Rara and Alhaji Garba Sa’idu.
Liman told The Tide source yesterday in Sokoto that the issue was raised on behalf of the victims by a group from the village, led by Alhaji Umaru Musa.
The Coordinator recalled that the suspects, including an Air Force personnel were arrested in Kano, made confessional statements, but were prosecuted on some light offences and the charge sheet terminated in the court.
According to him, it’s important to re-open the case in the interest of justice, as the way it was handled amounted  to human rights abuse.