Nigeria: The Human Rights Monitor (HRM) in Kaduna, including its founders and activities (1994 to present)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NGA29458.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nigeria: The Human Rights Monitor (HRM) in Kaduna, including its founders and activities (1994 to present), 1 June 1998, NGA29458.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acda18.html [accessed 30 May 2023] |
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The following information was provided by the Anebi Adoga, the Administrative Director at the National Democratic Coalition of Nigeria (NADECO), in Washington during a 28 May 1998 telephone interview with the Research Directorate.
Mr. Adoga co-founded the Human Rights Monitor (HRM) in Kaduna with Festus Okoye in 1993. Okoye is now HRM's Executive Director. The group was established to monitor the situation of human rights in the northern and mostly Islamic part of Nigeria because most of the human rights organizations are concentrated in Lagos. The group publishes newsletters and pamphlets, and has a membership of approximately 45 persons, mostly lawyers and journalists. Okoye was detained in 1993 and again in 1994. Two students who are members of HRM were arrested and detained last year. One of the students remains in prison.
Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
National Democratic Coalition of Nigeria (NADECO), Washington. 28 May 1998. Telephone interview with the Administrative Director.
