Amnesty International denounces killing of 13 #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters

Amnesty International has denounced the killing of 13 protesters allegedly killed by security personnel across Nigeria.

The Country Director, Isa Sanusi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, describing the incident as “unjustified and unacceptable”.

“The Nigerian authorities must investigate these incidents impartially and effectively and ensure that security personnel suspected of responsibility for the alleged deadly use of force are held to account through fair trial,” he said.

Amnesty International also expressed worries over the Nigerian authorities’ “growing hostility to dissent” and the “relentless repression of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly”.

“Our findings, so far, show that security personnel at the locations where lives were lost deliberately used tactics designed to kill while dealing with gatherings of people protesting hunger and deep poverty,” the statement read.

“All those arrested for taking part in the protests must be released immediately and unconditionally. Authorities must also end the rampant violations of the people’s rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression,” Sanusi added.