Tag: Amnesty
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“Let us face the reality, herdsmen are going nowhere”, Gumi suggests amnesty for bandits
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi said on Monday that the current military onslaught on bandits in Zamfara and other parts of the North-West will lead to “religious fanaticism”. Rather, the Cleric in a statement on his Facebook wall, titled, ‘Zamfara: The Flaring crisis,’ noted that the Federal Government should handle the matter just the way…
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Ndume renews call for prosecution of repentant Boko Haram insurgents
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, on Saturday demanded the prosecution of repentant Boko Haram insurgents. The Nigerian Army claimed last month that over 300 insurgents and their families had surrendered to troops in the North-East. The army had since initiated plans to rehabilitate the insurgents under the Safe Corridor programme. Ndume,…
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Army begs Boko Haram members to repent, embrace amnesty
The Nigerian Army has urged remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists to surrender and embrace peace. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. A.A. Eyitayo, made the call at a feast organised for journalists by the army on Sunday in Maiduguri. Eyitayo, who is also the Commander Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai,…
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Amnesty International faults arrest of Salihu Yakasai
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has criticized the arrest of Salihu Tanko Yakasai, who was arrested hours after criticising the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the rise in school kidnappings. Yakasai, who was until Saturday afternoon, a media aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, was detained by the Department of State…
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Biafra and the Amnesty Option – Chidi Amuta
By Chidi Amuta Two contradictory images and news feeds recently competed for this reporter’s attention. The first was a ceremonial outing in the North East displaying rows of ‘repentant’ Boko Haram combatants in neat government uniforms. They were being admitted into an amnesty programme to rehabilitate and reintegrate them into normal social life. The second…
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Nigerian military encourages sexual abuse, brutality of children in custody – Amnesty
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has condemned the treatment of children arrested for allegedly engaging in terrorism. Amnesty said the children were locked up alongside adult terrorists who sexually abuse them while military officials look the other way. The rights group said this in its latest report titled, ‘We dried our tears: Addressing the toll…
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Intellectual terrorism and the Amnesty International Strategy in Nigeria
By Kelly Agwambi Amnesty International has been in the news in Nigeria for various reasons. It has, in most cases, advocated for the preservation of human rights and values. While this is commendable, however, there is more to the activities of Amnesty International in Nigeria that most political commentators and members of the unsuspecting general…
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The Amnesty International they don’t want us to know
By Richard Murphy There is something obsessive about the way and manner Amnesty International carries on with its mandate as an international NGO in Nigeria. The organization carries on with this “our way or the highway” approach to issues, oftentimes dictating terms for the Nigerian government or agencies with the tone of an imprimatur –…
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Kwara grants amnesty to 46 inmates
The Kwara Chief Judge, Justice Sulyman Kawu, on Wednesday at the Mondala and Oke-kura correctional centres, granted amnesty to 46 inmates. The chief judge who spoke when he visited the correctional centres said all the inmates are awaiting trial. He said that 18 of them were released out rightly, while others were released on bail.…
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Amnesty International, lawyers should be ashamed for failing to prove allegations against military – Truth and Justice
The Coalition for Truth and Justice (CTJ) has aimed jibes at Amnesty International for failing to prove allegations of human rights abuses against the Nigerian Military before the presidential panel despite hiring a team of international lawyers. The acclaimed humanitarian group had claimed it “received credible evidence that as the military regained control, more than…