The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has called on UN Secretary-General António Guterres to invoke Article 99 of the UN Charter over Nigeria’s worsening insecurity.
In an open letter signed by Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare at the weekend, SERAP asked Guterres to bring the country’s escalating banditry, mass abductions, killings and displacement to the UN Security Council’s attention.
The organisation said the security situation is deteriorating across Oyo, Benue, Borno, Plateau, Kaduna, Zamfara and other states, with repeated attacks on civilians and growing human rights violations.
SERAP argued that the scale, persistence and regional spread of the violence now threaten international peace and security, and could worsen instability across West Africa.
Citing Article 99, SERAP noted that it allows the Secretary-General to flag any matter that “may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security” for Security Council action.
The group said placing Nigeria’s crisis on the Council’s formal agenda would guarantee sustained global attention and coordinated action on the killings, abductions and displacement of civilians.
SERAP Urges UN Chief to Invoke Article 99 Over Nigeria’s Escalating Insecurity
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