Human Rights Network Decries Killings, Kidnappings In Nigeria
…Calls for government’s immediate action
BY ADEYEMI AKANJI, BAUCHI – A Non-Governmental Organisation on the aegis of “Bauchi Human Rights Network” has decried what it described as the unacceptable incessant killings, kidnappings and other vices necessitated by insecurity in the country.
The Network stressed that while all these vices are taking place, the government is not doing anything about it thereby making it look as if we don’t have a government in place in this country.
It therefore called President, Muhammadu Buhari as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces to rise up to the occasion just as it urged security agencies in the country to as a matter of urgency intensify efforts and bring the situation under control.
The group which embarked on a peaceful rally in Bauchi on Friday, lamented that the situation has gone so bad that no Nigerian is feeling safe and comfortable any longer, a development it noted has further compounded the myriad of challenges facing the country.
Speaking to Journalists during the rally, Chairman of the network, Sylvester Yibis said; “Nigerians are being killed on a daily basis, others are kidnapped right there in their homes, huge sums of ransom being paid. It is indeed a terrible situation.
“Nigerians are crying, Nigerians are dying, Nigerians are mourning, we need someone to come and salvage the situation. People move in suspicion of the next person not knowing what will happen next. Nigeria must be saved,” he said.
Yibis said that his organisation as an NGO which has a stake in the project Nigeria, will not relent in talking until the right thing is done, saying; “we will not just sit down and see things go wrong, we will voice out”.
Also speaking, the Executive Director of “Attah Sisters Helping Hand (ASHH)”, Comfort Attah expressed worries at the situation of things in the country which she noted is at the verge of collapse as nothing seems to be working out.
In the words of Attah; “You don’t need any further information to know that Nigeria is a failed state. People are afraid to move from one point to another because of the fear of the unknown. People no longer sleep feeling secured in their homes. We are in a terrible situation”.
She assured that the Human Rights Network will continue to advocate for peace and peaceful coexistence in the country, stressing that; “Nigeria is our country, we must salvage it together no matter what the problem is”.
