Nigeria: NHRC Demands Explanations Over Civilian Casualties in Recent Nigerian Military Airstrikes

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu, described the repeated reports of civilian casualties from aerial bombardments as “deeply troubling and incompatible with established human rights and humanitarian law standards.”

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has demanded an explanation from the Nigerian Air Force over the recent military airstrikes that killed civilians in different parts of the country, warning that the incidents raise…