Advocates warn against selective human rights defence

Nigerian human rights advocates have called for an end to selective defence of fundamental rights, urging activists, government institutions, and citizens to uphold justice impartially, strengthen accountability, and promote human rights education across the country. Speaking at a public lecture in Lagos, University of Lagos professor Tunde Babawale and the committee's president, Debo Adeniran, warned that emotional reactions, political loyalties, and personal interests were undermining the credibility of rights advocacy.

Babawale emphasized that activists must defend the rights of everyone, irrespective of their political, ethnic, or religious affiliations, and stressed that sympathy for victims should not replace evidence or due process.

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