Amnesty International has slammed President Bola Tinubu over his failure to address rampant human rights violations in the country six months into his four-year-old administration.
Amnesty International also condemned the ruthless attacks on defenceless citizens by armed groups in various parts of the country. “The Nigerian authorities have failed to bring an end to these deadly attacks,” it said.
The group documented cases of brazen human rights crimes running into decades, perpetrated by both state and non-state actors.
Nigerian security forces, Amnesty International said, violate human rights laws by extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests, and incommunicado detention, among others which are usually overlooked by the authorities.
“In December 2015, the Nigerian military carried out a mass slaughter of men, women and children in Zaria and attempted to cover up their shocking crime. The military also burned people alive, razed buildings and dumped victims’ bodies in mass graves, demonstrating an utter contempt for human life,” the human rights organisation said.
Victims of human rights violations in Nigeria, the group said, continue to be denied access to justice and effective remedies.
Amnesty International, therefore, urged President Tinubu to redeem the integrity of his nascent government by ensuring that “everyone is able to fully and effectively enjoy their human rights, but also to hold perpetrators of past rights violations to account.”
It also tasked Tinubu to “unveil a blueprint for addressing the gross human rights violations that have been committed across the country.”
Amnesty International, on Wednesday, launched a human rights agenda for the Nigerian government.
The 26-page document is a detailed insight into the rampant human rights crimes in Nigeria and proffers concrete steps that the government must take to ensure that human rights in the country are “effectively respected, protected, promoted and fulfilled.”
“The government must now respond not by paying lip service to human rights, but by ensuring that their words are matched with concrete actions to protect and uphold the rights of everyone in the country,” the group said.
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