The Nigerian people, he added, would endure even more hardship as a result of last month’s coup, have drawn the utmost concern of the UN’s human rights chief.
Volker Türk urged the military leaders to reestablish the rule of law right away.
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He claimed that with borders closed, trade at a halt, power outages, and rising food costs, the situation in a nation where over half of the population lives in abject poverty was getting worse.
His remarks come as West African army chiefs are gathering in Ghana for a second day to plan potential military action should diplomatic efforts to overthrow the coup prove unsuccessful.