NGO faults Amnesty International report on Nigeria

A non-governmental organisation, Global Amnesty Watch (GAW) has described as false the Amnesty International report which described various human rights abuses by Nigerian security operatives.

The NGO described the report is part of a global conspiracy to undermine the Nigerian state.

Addressing a world press conference in Abuja, President of GAW, Philip Agbese said the AI report is not only wrong but that the Nigerian Military should be commended for doing their best to halt threats to citizens as exemplified by Boko Haram and other insurgency groups.

He said had the military allowed itself to be blackmailed into inaction as Amnesty International intended, Boko Haram would have overrun the country by now while IPOB separatists with other criminal elements would have mutated into groups worse than Boko Haram.

Agbese, a Human Rights Law researcher at the Middlesex University London, said Amnesty International does not expect the military to fold it's arms while armed groups over run the country and kill innocent Nigerians.

"Amnesty International failed to recognise the current threats the nation and its citizenry face under Boko Haram's campaign of terror and horror and its threat to the collective existence of man in this part of the world," Agbese said

"It is unfortunate that rather than face the reality and point out the state actors that are exporting suffering across the world, AI is pursuing a sick obsession of defending killer groups like the , , and even accused the Military of being harsh in its operations against Boko Haram even when it admitted that the terror group was committing crimes against humanity.

"These groups have at various times carried out unwarranted attacks on peace-loving Nigerians and even members of the Nigerian military, the Nigerian Police Force and other law enforcement agencies have not been spared as they randomly and regularly get killed in the course of trying to stop attacks on Nigerians," he added.

Agbese accused Amnesty International of doctoring same "false reports" which plunged countries like Libya, Iraq and Yemen into crisis.

He urged Nigerians to discard the report and rally round the military in its avowed quest to keep the nation safe from both internal and external aggressors.