Amnesty International has condemned the killing of peaceful demonstrators in Northern Nigeria by the security forces for clamouring against economic hardship in the country.
In a series of tweets posted on its verified X account on Friday, the human rights organisation called on the government at all levels to ensure that those responsible for the gruesome killing are brought to justice.
“The Nigerian authorities must investigate these incidents and ensure that security personnel suspected of responsibility for deadly use of force are held to account through fair trial. Violent crackdown on peaceful protesters is unjustified and unacceptable.
“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 rights group said.
The organisation said that the Nigerian security agencies’ unlawful attitude of using firearms as tactical tools for the management of protests must end.
It said the protest has recorded deaths from different areas in Borno, Kaduna and Niger States.
