Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress has berated the Amnesty International over its recent report on the nationwide killings since assumption of Bola Tinubu’s presidency.
Amnesty International had estimated the number of deaths across Plateau, Benue, Sokoto and Zamfara to be over 120 since May 29, 2023.
Describing the report as hypocritical, the APC through its spokesman Felix Morka, in a statement dated June 14, and circulated by Bayo Onanuga, said even many nations in the world, including the United States of America, are today bedevilled by insecurity.
The statement read, “Amnesty International should allow this government to do its work without their usual condescending hypocrisy. It is, therefore, uncharitable and inconsiderate of Amnesty International, through its acting Nigeria Country Director, Isa Sanusi, to accuse the new government that is just settling down of dereliction of duty.”
The APC added, “Many nations in the world, including the United States of America, are today bedevilled by insecurity. By the end of May 2023, almost 20,000 people have died cumulatively as a result of gun violence and other violent crimes in America. In the first 150 days of 2023, America has recorded 263 mass shootings, with hundreds of death, yet Amnesty International has not been on the mountain top to accuse the U.S. government of dereliction of duty.”
The party accused Amnesty International of breeding internal conflict and citizen antagonism in developing nations through weaponisation and accentuation of local situations to achieve its sinister objectives while hypocritically looking the other way when similar incidents occur in developed nations, especially in the Western world.
