The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has assured members of the public, as well as the local and international human rights bodies that the Nigerian Army (NA), under his leadership will investigate all cases of human rights complaints brought before it.

To this end, Buratai has in a first of its kind within the military, on Thursday, set up and commissioned Human Rights Desk office under the Department of Civil-Military Relations.

Represented by the Chief of Civil-Military Affairs (CCMA) Maj-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, at the Commissioning of the Desk, COAS said that the event marks another important day in the history of Nigerian Army “by establishing the human rights office”.

He noted that the establishment of the Desk office was borne out of the increasing interest of the local and international human rights bodies on what we are doing in the North East and other parts of the country.

Credit: DailyTimes