Pan-Nigerian human rights organisation, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), on Tuesday, criticized President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent appointment of principal aides.

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The CLO which said of the 30 sensitive political appointments made so far, including those on the strategic institutions and security, there is an absolute wide gulf between the North and the South, women and men, as well as Christians and Muslims, however described the President’s appointments as sectional, unacceptable and an act that encourage acrimony and condone denial of sense of belonging to certain sections of the Federation

In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Igho Akeregha and Executive Director, Comrade Ibuchukwu Ezike, the CLO, added that the appointments amount to corruption and also a gross affront, violation and denigration of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution as amended, the African Charter on Human & Peoples Rights and a development which infringes on human rights and has grave consequences for peace, justice and respect for the rule of law and due process.

The CLO which enjoined the President to urgently review his appointments and ensure that the principle of federal character wisely put together by the makers of the nation’s laws to bind the country together is respected and implemented, however,  added that it views the abuse of the Constitution and due process as a huge infraction on human rights and a promotion of corruption because, corruption does not only mean stealing public funds but includes violation of the law, impunity and abuse of the human rights.

Read full statement here: