A public affairs analyst, Mr Tersoo Chiahemen, has faulted the reports of Amnesty International, AI, which claimed that over 10,000 Nigerians have been killed by bandits in the two-year tenure of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He alleged that the report by the international organization was exaggerated and capable of causing unnecessary tension and apprehension in the country. In a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday, Chiahemen noted with regret that Amnesty International which used to be a source of credible and impeccable information has suddenly turned itself into a tool for sensationalism and irritable soft-power coercion.
According to him, ACLED's report during the same period put the total fatalities in Benue and Plateau from 2023 to 2025 at 2,132. He explained that the figures indicated a downward trend as against Amnesty International's increase in the killings by bandits. He said, 'Amnesty International which was once perceived as a beacon of rigorous research and moral clarity in the fight for global human rights had glaringly descended in what looked like political mud.
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