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Ex-military rulers yet to agree to appear before rights panel

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    A body set up to investigate human rights abuses spanning more than three decades in Nigeria winds up its public hearings in September, but one key question remains unanswered: Will three former military leaders invited to appear before it heed its summons? The three, all generals, are Muhammadu Buhari, who seized power after sacking an elected government in 1983, Ibrahim Babangida, who ousted him in 1985 and ruled for eight years, and Abdulsalami Abubakar who succeeded the late Sani Abacha in 1998. [See separate item titled ‘NIGERIA: IRIN Focus on summons on former rulers by rights panel’]

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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