The Amnesty International (AI) yesterday asked the Federal Government to fish out the perpetrators of Thursday’s bombing in Nyanya near Abuja.
It also described the bomb explosion as callous.
It however asked the Federal Government to do more to protect Nigerians from further attacks by insurgents.
The AI gave the charge in a statement in Abuja against the backdrop of the killing of 19 people and the injuring of 60.
The statement reads: “Thursday’s night deadly car bombing in a suburb of the Nigerian capital, Abuja displays a callous disregard for human life and highlights the urgency of bringing an end to the campaign of violence against civilians being waged by Islamist armed groups in Nigeria.
“No group has yet claimed responsibility for the latest attack, which killed 19 people and injured more than 60 in the Abuja suburb of Nyanya.
“It comes less than three weeks after the armed group, Boko Haram, killed more than 70 people in a similar attack on the same area.
“Besides showing a callous disregard for human life, violent attacks targeting civilians, like the one carried out in Nyanya last night (Thursday) are unlawful and must end immediately,” said Susanna Flood, Director of Media at Amnesty International.”
The AI asked the government to protect Nigerians from further attacks by the insurgents.
It also appealed to Boko Haram and other insurgency groups to stop recourse to attacks.
It added: “The Nigerian authorities, for their part, must do more to protect civilians and bring the perpetrators of all such attacks to justice – but it is crucial that they do so without carrying out further human rights violations.”
“Boko Haram and other armed groups must renounce their unlawful and counterproductive campaign of violence against civilians.
“More than 1,500 people have been killed since the beginning of 2014 amid fighting between Nigerian security forces and Islamist armed groups, which are based mainly in the north-east of the country but occasionally launch attacks in the capital and elsewhere. Last night’s attack comes just days before the World Economic Forum on Africa opens in Abuja on 7 May.”
source: nigerianeye
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