Nigeria, June 24 -- A global rights group, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), has raised concerns over what it described as a pattern of intimidation and judicial harassment targeting the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) following the organisation's anti-corruption advocacy and legal actions against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).

The concerns were contained in an urgent appeal issued by the OPHRD, a joint initiative of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), warning that the development could undermine civic space and anti-corruption advocacy in Nigeria.

The Observatory rights group linked ...