Authorities Must Ensure Safe Release and Return of Over 680 People Abducted This Week

Mass abductions in Nigeria this week of more than 400 displaced people in Borno state and 287 students and teachers in Kuriga Kaduna state are a shocking indictment of the authorities' persistent failure to protect people from attacks by armed groups that have killed thousands of Nigerians in the last five years, Amnesty International said today.

"The latest mass abductions clearly show President Bola Tinubu and his government have no effective plan for ending years of atrocities by armed groups and gunmen that are increasingly having a free reign across many parts of Nigeria. Whatever security measures being implemented by President Tinubu and his government are clearly not working," said Isa Sanusi, Director Amnesty International Nigeria.

Amnesty International is calling for those with command responsibilities for security in the areas where the abductions took place to be held to account for the glaring failures that have put lives of hundreds of people at danger.

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