The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chief Tony Ojukwu, SAN, has condemned the hateful and inciting remarks made by Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir in a viral video on Sunday. He described the statements as a direct attack on the principles of equality, non-discrimination and peaceful coexistence guaranteed under the 1999 Constitution and Nigeria’s international human rights obligations. “The Commission finds these remarks to be hate speech and incitement to religious hatred and potential violence. They serve no purpose other than to divide Nigerians along religious lines and set citizens against one another,” the NHRC boss stated. In view of the foregoing, the Chief Human Rights Officer of Nigeria called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) and other relevant authorities to immediately arrest and prosecute Sheikh Yahaya Jingir for hate speech and incitement.