FIDH, OMCT raise alarm over alleged harassment of SERAP, demand protection for rights defenders

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint initiative of the International Federation for Human Rights and the World Organisation Against Torture, has raised concerns over what it described as continued intimidation and judicial harassment of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project in Nigeria.
In an urgent appeal issued on June 23, 2026, the Observatory alleged that SERAP has come under increasing pressure following its calls for investigations into alleged corruption and mismanagement within the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.
According to the statement, the concern stems from a judgment delivered by the High Court of the Federal C...