. Military action not effective…
Global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), has described the response of the Federal Government (FG) to communal violence as grossly inadequate, too slow, ineffective, and in certain instances, illegal. This is made known by a report from Sahara Reporters.
AI also said communal clashes have claimed over 700 lives since last year, while it made its position known in a statement released lately.
It stated that clashes between herdsmen and farmers in Adamawa, Benue, Taraba, Ondo and Kaduna states have resulted in 168 deaths in January 2018 alone.
The body believes that government must totally overturn its response to these deadly clashes to avoid this crisis getting out of control. They need to investigate and bring suspects to justice.
Hundreds of people lost their lives in 2017 and the Federal Government remains unable to protect communities from the violent clashes.
The organization also noted that the situation is made worse by the fact that perpetrators are daily getting away with murder. In some situations in which the Nigerian military responded, it was with excessive and unlawful force, which resulted in more deaths and destruction.
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