Rights Group Lists States With High Voter Suppression, Rights Violations in New Report PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
recorded 22 incidents of hate speeches concerning the 2023 general elections.
The project is organised in collaboration with the UN Human Rights Resident in Nigeria, Ford foundation and the Legal Defence and Assistance Project . "The NHRC has launched Investigations on hate speech committed before, during and after the elections," he said.Mr Ogbonna said human rights violations were recorded during the 18 March governorship and state House of Assembly elections, while voter suppression was recorded in Lagos, Rivers, Imo, Ebonyi, Bayelsa states.
"The right to participation was also violated in Lagos, Oyo, Rivers while voting related killings were recorded in Ebonyi, Kano, Lagos, Borno," he said.
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