{"id":127930,"date":"2024-08-15T12:06:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T11:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue"},"modified":"2024-08-15T13:16:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T12:16:18","slug":"sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue","title":{"rendered":"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Public policy analyst Sesugh Akume has filed a lawsuit against the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), its Executive Secretary, Anthony Okechukwu Ojukwu, SAN, and the Chair of its Governing Board, Dr. Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman, over their alleged failure to address reported atrocities by the Nigerian military in Benue State.<\/p>\n

The suit, numbered FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/1135\/2024, was filed on August 8, 2024, with the respondents reportedly receiving court processes on August 14, 2024.<\/p>\n

Akume\u2019s lawsuit stems from an incident on March 7, 2023, where operatives of the joint military \u201cOperation Whirl Stroke\u201d allegedly attacked the Jootar community in Sankera, Benue, resulting in the death of Mr. Iniongo Verve, severe injury to Mr. Aondowase Abeda, and the theft of nearly 100 motorcycles.<\/p>\n

The incident was widely reported by the Ayatutu Cultural and Social Development Initiative (AYACASODI), a socio-cultural pressure group.<\/p>\n

Akume reported the matter to the NHRC on March 31, 2023. Preliminary investigations were conducted by the NHRC\u2019s Benue office, which gathered evidence and submitted it to the Abuja head office.<\/p>\n

However, the NHRC later informed Akume that the matter had been referred to the military for self-investigation, a decision Akume found unacceptable.<\/p>\n

Despite repeated appeals to the NHRC and other relevant authorities, Akume claims his concerns were ignored, leading him to seek legal redress.<\/p>\n

He is asking the court to compel the NHRC to conclude its investigation, apologize to and compensate the victims, and return or replace the stolen motorcycles.<\/p>\n

Akume is also seeking damages for the trauma and stress he has endured due to the NHRC\u2019s handling of the case.<\/p>\n

The case is scheduled to commence on September 12, 2024, before Justice P. O. Lifu at the Federal High Court in Abuja.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Public policy analyst Sesugh Akume has filed a lawsuit against the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), its Executive Secretary, Anthony Okechukwu Ojukwu, SAN, and the Chair of its Governing Board, Dr. Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman, over their alleged failure to address reported atrocities by the Nigerian military in Benue State. The suit, numbered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":127929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[331,14458,254,14457],"class_list":["post-127930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-benue","tag-human-rights-commission","tag-nigeria","tag-sesugh-akume"],"yoast_head":"\nSesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Public policy analyst Sesugh Akume has filed a lawsuit against the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), its Executiv ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Public policy analyst Sesugh Akume has filed a lawsuit against the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), its Executiv ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-15T11:06:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-15T12:16:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723711533.928241.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-15T11:06:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-15T12:16:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue\"},\"wordCount\":301,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723711533.928241.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Benue\",\"Human Rights Commission\",\"Nigeria\",\"Sesugh Akume\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue\",\"name\":\"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723711533.928241.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-15T11:06:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-15T12:16:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Public policy analyst Sesugh Akume has filed a lawsuit against the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), its Executiv ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723711533.928241.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723711533.928241.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue - Nigeria","description":"Public policy analyst Sesugh Akume has filed a lawsuit against the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), its Executiv ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue","og_description":"Public policy analyst Sesugh Akume has filed a lawsuit against the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), its Executiv ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-08-15T11:06:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-15T12:16:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723711533.928241.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue","datePublished":"2024-08-15T11:06:50+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-15T12:16:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue"},"wordCount":301,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723711533.928241.jpg","keywords":["Benue","Human Rights Commission","Nigeria","Sesugh Akume"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","Policy","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue","name":"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723711533.928241.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-15T11:06:50+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-15T12:16:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Public policy analyst Sesugh Akume has filed a lawsuit against the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), its Executiv ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723711533.928241.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723711533.928241.jpg","width":1200,"height":1000,"caption":"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sesugh-akume-sues-human-rights-commission-others-over-alleged-inaction-on-military-atrocities-in-benue#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sesugh Akume sues Human Rights Commission, others over alleged inaction on military atrocities in Benue"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}