Amnesty International (AI) Nigeria has asked President Bola Tinubu to treat the rampant kidnapping cases in Nigeria as emergency by taking measures to end the cycle of violence and fear the people are under.
AI stated this in a statement by its Nigerian Director, Isa Sanusi, on Monday.
The organisation said last week over 45 people travelling between Otukpo in Benue State and Enugu were kidnapped and nothing has been heard about them yet.
it also said a student, Nabeelah, was killed in captivity last week because her family could not urgently meet kidnappers demand for N60 million ransom even as her siblings are still in captivity of the kidnappers.
It further stated that one of the 10 people kidnapped at an estate in Dutse near Abuja was killed over failure of her family to pay ransom.
Mr Sanusi said the Nigerian authorities are yet to show any tangible commitment to addressing the escalating breakdown of security across the country, adding that “Whatever security measures being currently implemented are clearly not working, as people in Nigeria feel more unsafe.”
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