Amnesty International says nearly 700 people have been kidnapped in the last seven days in Nigeria
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Responding to the abduction in Buda, Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said: “Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and his government must urgently address the country’s spate of abductions targeting children in schools and internally displaced persons camps in the northern part of the country.
“Time is running out for the authorities to effectively perform its legal responsibility of protecting people’s lives and security and to secure the safe release of hundreds of people held in captivity by gunmen. The inability of the Nigerian authorities to bring the perpetrators of these abductions to justice is further emboldening impunity and putting lives at greater risk.
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