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June 20, 2019
TheNational Human Rights Commission on Thursday began training of front-linetroops on accountability and respect for human rights during counter-terrorismoperations.
TheExecutive Secretary of NHRC, Tony Ojukwu, who made this known at the opening ofthe two-day training in Bama, said that the troops were drawn from fivemilitary bases fighting Boko Haram in Borno.
Ojukwusaid that the areas covered in the training included Borno communities ofGwoza, Bama, Damasak, Mongonu, and Ngala, which are considered the epicentre ofinsurgency.
The NHRCchief, who was represented by the commission’s Assistant Director PublicAffairs, Fatimah Mohammed, said that the training was designed to strengthenthe capacity of the troops on the front line on application of basic humanrights principles and norms during counter-insurgency operations to stemviolations.