Pillay said this while addressing the media last Friday during her mission to Nigeria. Nigeria is still struggling to mobilise her neighbours namely Cameroun, Chad and Nigeria Republic in battling the terrorists. Boko Haram terrorists are known to have bases in Cameroun and Chad but both countries have done little to help Nigeria stop these terrorists from using their borders.
“With thousands of refugees fleeing from Nigeria, and arms and fighters reportedly flowing across international borders in the other direction, this terrible conflict is no longer solely an internal matter,” she said.
However, Pillay urged Nigerian government forces not to worsen the violent crisis in the Northeast by using excessive force that harms the innocent.
“Many people I have met with during this visit openly acknowledge human rights violations have been committed by the security forces, and these have served to alienate local communities, and created fertile ground for Boko Haram to cultivate new recruits,” she explained.
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