National Human Rights Commission has
received petition against the Oba of
Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, the
chairman of the commission, Chidi
Odinkalu, has said. Mr. Odinkalu made
the disclosure when he was reacting to
questions from journalists during an
interactive session towards the 2015
governorship and State House of
Assemblies election at the CLEEN
Foundation office in Lagos. He said
the petition is on Akiolu’s threats
against the Igbos in the state.
His words: ‘’The Commission received a
petition against the Oba of Lagos but
my advice to Lagosians and to
Nigerians in general is that they
should look at the positive outcome of
this election and not dwell on the
negative.
A great thing happened in Lagos State
during the last elections that we are
not talking about. Nobody is talking
about the three House of
Representatives seats won by non
indigents in the state.
To me, this is a big plus for Lagos that
the state has become the centre of
integration and a cosmopolitan state
for Nigerians. We should talk more
about things that integrate us not
things that bring division.’’
Mr. Odinkalu said the Commission is
worried about the rise of militia
groups and the proliferation of small
and light weapons that can result to
election related violence in volatile
states like Rivers, Lagos , Benue,
Akwa- Ibom,Imo , Bauchi and Ekiti.
He added that the Commission has
mapped out strategies with security
agencies and private organisations to
mitigate violence, before, during and
after the election. Mr. Odinkalu
revealed that though the mortality
rates during the 2015 election was 60
compared to 1000 in 2011, he decried
the loss of lives including that of
security operatives during elections.
He added that no Nigerian should die
because of election. He further
assured Nigerians that the Commission
was committed to upholding their
rights and as such the Commission had
begun training and retraining of staff
to become more professional.



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