Amnesty International has called on the Federal Government to ensure that every single person who were abducted by gunmen in Borno and Kaduna states.
The Organisation which puts the number at over 687 people said suspected Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped over 400 persons including women and children from the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Borno state.
287 schoolchildren were kidnapped after gunmen stormed the LEA Primary and Secondary School in Kuriga village of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
While reacting to the incidents in a statement on Friday, the Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, said the kidnappings are a “shocking indictment of the authorities’ persistent failure to protect people from attacks by armed groups that have killed thousands of Nigerians in the last five years”.
The group took a swipe at the Nigerian government over its perceived failure to end the continuous attacks by gunmen across the country.
It argued that the latest incident has exposed the current administration as having no plan to end the spate of violence and attacks by armed groups.
According to Amnesty International, the current approach adopted by President Bola Tinubu’s administration is not working.
“The latest mass abductions clearly show President Bola Tinubu and his government have no effective plan for ending years of atrocities by armed groups and gunmen that are increasingly having a free reign across many parts of Nigeria.
“Whatever security measures being implemented by President Tinubu and his government are clearly not working.
It also called on those responsible for security in the areas where the abductions took place to be held accountable for the glaring failures that have put the lives of hundreds of people in danger.
Kidnapping: Amnesty Demands Safe Release Of Over 600 Persons Abducted By Terrorists In Borno, Kaduna
