100 Nigerian CSOs wants UN to caution Amnesty International against destabilizing Nigeria
Not fewer than 100 Civil Society Groups have signed a petition urging
the United Nations (UN) to prevail on Amnesty International to desist
from what they described as a plot to destabilize Nigeria.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Chief Sabo Odey
President of Save Africa Group, accused Amnesty International of being
part of a larger plot to plunge Nigeria into war and eventual break up.
He said the UN must intervene before Amnesty International creates
another humanitarian crises in. According to him, millions of Nigerians
are already displaced as a result of the action of Boko Haram which he
said has been emboldened by Amnesty International.
He said the organization has repeatedly tried to undermine the Nigerian
security apparatus by issuing damming reports, which Boko Haram and
other groups have capitalized on to reign more terror on innocent
Nigerians
Odey said the world cannot afford to stand aloof while the international organization continues with its activities.
He said several groups, concerned about the destructive deception of
Amnesty International, have held widespread protests that occupied the
organization's premises with the protesters giving it ultimatum to leave
Nigeria.
Odey said the various CSOs have gathered enough singatures from
Nigetians and is set to approach the International Criminal Court of
Justice to ensure that Amnesty International and its staff in Nigeria
account for their deeds and for every life lost or scarred by their
support for terrorism.
"We are asking the UN to call Amnesty International to order as the
people will no longer tolerate any attempt to bully legitimate
protesters who are calling on Amnesty International to vacate the
country. The proliferation of Amnesty International into aggregates to
look like a legitimate entity within the state of its operation is a
hogwash that cannot stand the anger of the citizens.
"The demand that Amnesty International leaves Nigeria immediately is no
bluff. We however realize that they may rightly fear that their project
would be defunded in Nigeria and their staff join the unemployment
market that their support for terrorism has further compounded. Our
advice is that Amnesty International should channel the funds they are
busy churning out to NGOs and lawyers in Nigeria to rebuild countries
like Libya, Iraq and Syria that they contributed to destroying. No part
of Africa will again fall to the wishes of external influence, our
sovereignty is very sacrosanct to us and we shall guide it jealously,"
he said
He said the war in Iraq and Syria happened with the active input of
Amnesty International. According to him, in both countries as in all
cases, the group authors deceptive reports that present state agencies
as the problem while defending terrorists that it always give
euphemistic names like "rebels", "activists" or "separatists" to lessen
the horrific nature of the crimes they commit in the cause of fighting
legitimate authorities.
He said, "a March 5, 2005, paper issued by the National Intelligence
council titled 'Mapping Sub-Saharan Africa’s Future,' which explored the
scenario of a disintegrated Nigeria in 2015 has been latched unto by
several entities that had fantasized about how they will benefit from a
broken Nigeria.
"The country, knowing the consequence of such evil projections, worked
hard to put its house in order and the postulated year came without the
anticipated implosion. It is noteworthy that Amnesty International
obsession with supporting terrorists in Nigeria spiked after 2015 ended
and Nigeria remained intact. Its rabid support is for groups that have
the break-up of Nigeria as their cardinal objective: Boko Haram that
wants strict implementation of Sharia in a secular state; Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB) that are asking for the revival of the moribund
Biafra republic that was responsible for a civil war; Niger Delta
Avengers that were killing anyone that represents the federal government
of Nigeria; Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) fanatics that are no less
feral than Boko Haram terrorists."
He said further, "The threats posed by these various groups have been
largely contained by a military whose professionalism has been
acknowledged by the United States' President Donald Trump, who
acknowledged the good work being done by the government of President
Muhammadu Buhari in degrading terrorism in Nigeria. However, Boko Haram
has proven to still require additional military actions and operations
to completely restore the north-eastern part of Nigeria back to the
peaceful economic hub that it was before the terrorists unfurled their
campaign of destruction there. This is however proving difficult because
each time the group is to be dealt the final blow Amnesty International
publishes reports in which it will claim the human rights of the group
are being abused through the deployment of disproportionate force in
quelling their insurgency. It has extended the same sick courtesy other
terror groups in Nigeria. Observation since 2015 is that these
terrorists use the Amnesty International reports as propaganda tool,
including for recruitment drive. - The Authority
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