Mr Ojukwu said the day’s celebration was to call upon Nigerians to always stand for and demand their rights from the government.
Not much is known of the competition a little over three months before it is set to kick off, with CAF yet to formally confirm the participating clubs.
“Poverty, inequalities and social exclusion give terrorism fuel. Prejudice and discrimination targeting specific groups, cultures, religions and ethnicities give it flame.”
“Lower the temperature — now,” said Mr Guterres. “Don’t flood the world today; don’t drown it tomorrow.”
“There are situations where there is clear intent to destroy whole ethnic, racial and religious communities.”
The rights group says Israel’s forcible transfers, torture and unlawful killings, were to maintain a system of “oppression and domination”.
