Protesters, suspected to have been paid on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, stormed Amnesty International office in Abuja, asking the rights organization to exit Nigeria.
The protesters who were majorly youths were spotted with different placards encrypted with words like “You are the wheel behind Boko Haram, IMN, IPOB, and ISWAP”.
“Amnesty International bury your head in shame.” “Leave now or we will force you to leave”.
The yet to be identified protesters were chanting different songs, accusing Amnesty International of fueling crisis bedeviling the country.
Recall that on August 2, 2019, a set of protesters had stormed the rights groups’ office in Abuja, demanding groups exit from Nigeria.
Reacting via its official twitter handle, Amnesty International opined that: “This morning, people started gathering near our office.
They queued up for screening for a ‘protest.’ They were brought in from the suburbs of Abuja. They are barring entry and exit, at our office in Abuja: #Nigeria.
“The protesters that invaded our office are still arriving in large buses from the outskirts of Abuja. Among those assembled for the protest, at our office today; are youths who were screened out, and told that they will not be paid, because they are not ‘properly dressed.’ One of them protested”.
See tweets below:
This morning, people started gathering near our office. They queued up for screening for a ‘protest.’ They were brought in from suburbs of Abuja: pic.twitter.com/njXfDagpcB
— Amnesty International Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) February 11, 2020
Right now ‘protesters’ barricaded; barring entry and exit, at our office in Abuja: #Nigeria pic.twitter.com/CekNGTWAJi
— Amnesty International Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) February 11, 2020
The protesters that invaded our office are still arriving in large buses from outskirts of Abuja: pic.twitter.com/kzoG8nOAJw
— Amnesty International Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) February 11, 2020
On going protest at our office, #Abuja; pic.twitter.com/QEwZm7ry5B
— Amnesty International Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) February 11, 2020
Majority of the protesters are still around our office. The protest was : #Abuja pic.twitter.com/bN4RTHdvtK
— Amnesty International Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) February 11, 2020
Not everyone is interested in hearing the truth about human rights violations in Nigeria. This is from a protest (since ended) outside our national office in Abuja today. Far from the first time this has happened. https://t.co/s6JTwhDxDT https://t.co/4Wmah6HrmY
— Conor Fortune (@WritesRights) February 11, 2020
Among those assembled for the protest, at our office today; are youths who were screened out, and told that they will not be paid, because they are not ‘properly dressed.’ One of them protested: pic.twitter.com/1EWxpMhCSc
— Amnesty International Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) February 11, 2020
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