Counselor T. Ulrich Brechbühl, a United States representative, has met with Nigeria’s Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo on the ongoing violence in Nigeria following a nationwide protest over human right abuse, extrajudicial killings and brutality by a unit of the Police – Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
Newsheadline247 understands the meeting was part of a previously scheduled delegation, which included Assistant Secretary Robert Destro and Assistant Secretary Denise Natali, to raise U.S. concerns about the ongoing violence in Nigeria, human rights, religious freedom, and trafficking in persons, and to hear from senior Nigerian Government officials how they are addressing those issues.
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Morgan Ortagus, an American government official spokesperson, in a statement, expressed the United States condemnation of the “of the use of excessive force by military forces who fired on unarmed demonstrators in Lagos.”
He also expressed condolences to the victims of these shootings and urged the government of Nigeria to abide by its commitment to hold those responsible accountable under the law.
The statement disclosed that; “The Vice President and the Counselor noted that the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression are essential human rights and core democratic principles.
“Counsellor Brechbühl and Vice President Osinbajo emphasised the importance of US. and Nigerian collaboration on common goals of improving security cooperation and strengthening economic partnership to foster mutual prosperity.”
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