Amnesty International has delivered a scathing indictment of President Bola Tinubu’s security strategy, dismissing his repeated orders to end violent attacks in Plateau State and other regions as “useless” amid Nigeria’s escalating security crisis.
The global rights organization issued a blistering statement via its verified X (formerly Twitter) account, condemning Monday’s brutal massacre in Bindi-Jebbu, a community in Plateau’s Riyom LGA, where at least 27 civilians were slaughtered.
“Entire families were locked up in their rooms and slaughtered one by one. Those who tried to escape were shot,” Amnesty’s statement read, highlighting the horrifying precision of the attack. The group accused the Tinubu administration of failing to curb the violence, asserting that presidential directives alone cannot substitute for concrete action.
Echoing these concerns, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) doubled down on its demand for local communities to arm themselves against further assaults. The group described the unrelenting violence as a direct challenge to Tinubu’s authority, urging “critical security and intelligence-led operations” to dismantle the attackers’ networks.
HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, emphasized: “Ensuring that lives and property of the good people of Plateau State are safeguarded from the violent attacks of armed non-state actors is the primary constitutional duty of government… this duty lies with the office of the President and Commander-in-Chief.”
With formal security forces struggling to contain the bloodshed, HURIWA pushed for the immediate training and arming of Plateau’s vigilante groups to combat terrorists “disguising themselves as herders.”
The twin rebukes from Amnesty and HURIWA underscore growing national and international frustration over Nigeria’s unchecked insecurity—and the perception that Tinubu’s government is long on rhetoric but short on results.
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