{"id":24881,"date":"2025-04-26T13:49:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T13:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=24881"},"modified":"2025-04-26T13:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T13:49:54","slug":"amnesty-international-accuses-tinubu-government-of-neglecting-security-as-violence-spirals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=24881","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International Accuses Tinubu Government of Neglecting Security as Violence Spirals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Muhammad Muntazar <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amnesty International has issued a scathing rebuke of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s leadership, accusing his administration of neglecting its duty to safeguard citizens as violent attacks surge nationwide.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent statement, the rights group highlighted a wave of brutal assaults that left 54 dead across Benue, Borno, Kwara, and Zamfara states, alongside a spike in kidnappings and forced displacements. Armed groups, it said, continue to act with &#8220;impunity.&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNigerian government is increasingly failing to protect lives, as gunmen escalate attacks with impunity,\u201d Amnesty International declared.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report painted a grim picture of farming villages in Benue and Plateau states being &#8220;slaughtered, sacked, and razed&#8221; by armed attackers. In Sokoto, Zamfara, and Katsina, bandits allegedly enforce harsh rules and extort money from terrified residents under threat of violence.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe latest attacks on rural communities show that President Bola Tinubu and his government have no effective plan for ending years of atrocities by armed groups, while gunmen are wantonly having a free reign of bloodshed across many parts of Nigeria,\u201d the organization stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amnesty International dismissed current security efforts as ineffective, asserting that \u201cwhatever security measure being implemented by the government are not working.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group also condemned the government\u2019s sluggish response, arguing that \u201cprotecting lives and property is low on the list of government priorities.\u201d With Nigerians &#8220;left at the mercy of gunmen,&#8221; many live in relentless fear of abduction or assault, the statement noted.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Nigerian authorities\u2019 consistent failure to protect people is completely unacceptable and must end,\u201d Amnesty International emphasized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The condemnation intensifies scrutiny of Tinubu\u2019s security strategy, as unchecked violence continues to destabilize communities and fuel public outrage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Muhammad Muntazar Amnesty International has issued a scathing rebuke of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s leadership, accusing his administration of neglecting its duty to safeguard citizens as violent attacks surge nationwide. In a recent statement, the rights group highlighted a wave of brutal assaults that left 54 dead across Benue, Borno, Kwara, and Zamfara states, alongside a spike in kidnappings and forced displacements. Armed groups, it said, continue to act with &#8220;impunity.&#8221; \u201cNigerian government is increasingly failing to protect lives, as gunmen escalate attacks with impunity,\u201d Amnesty International declared. The report painted a grim picture of farming villages in Benue and Plateau states being &#8220;slaughtered, sacked, and razed&#8221; by armed attackers. In Sokoto, Zamfara, and Katsina, bandits allegedly enforce harsh rules and extort money from terrified residents under threat of violence. \u201cThe latest attacks on rural communities show that President Bola Tinubu and his government have no effective plan for ending years of atrocities by armed groups, while gunmen are wantonly having a free reign of bloodshed across many parts of Nigeria,\u201d the organization stated. Amnesty International dismissed current security efforts as ineffective, asserting that \u201cwhatever security measure being implemented by the government are not working.\u201d The group also condemned the government\u2019s sluggish response, arguing that \u201cprotecting lives and property is low on the list of government priorities.\u201d With Nigerians &#8220;left at the mercy of gunmen,&#8221; many live in relentless fear of abduction or assault, the statement noted. \u201cThe Nigerian authorities\u2019 consistent failure to protect people is completely unacceptable and must end,\u201d Amnesty International emphasized. The condemnation intensifies scrutiny of Tinubu\u2019s security strategy, as unchecked violence continues to destabilize communities and fuel public outrage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24883,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24881\/revisions\/24883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}