“The non-state actors, particularly the IPOB, who have declared that…they will totally lock down the South-East, make a lot of people to be afraid to go and vote.”
On 28 November 2022 gunmen killed Victoria Chemtex, the leader of the Labour Party in the Kaura local government area of Kaduna.
Many Nigerians are victims of rights abuse, illegal arrests, torture, and abduction by the Yusuf Bichi-led secret police.
Police have fired tear gas to disperse #EndSARS protesters demonstrating at the Lekki Tollgate to mark the second anniversary of the nationwide movement.
“It is unfortunate that the Nigerian government continues to use enforced disappearance as a longstanding tactic to silence critics and instil fear in civilian populations.”
Insurgents laid seige on the Rann community last Sunday, wreaking carnage on the civilians on their farms.
Armed bandits had on March 28 attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train, killing eight people and kidnapping 65 others.
“The Nigerian authorities failed in its primary responsibility to protect lives.”
Amnesty International explained that most rape incidents in Nigeria were usually unreported as a result of corruption, stigma and victim-blaming.
