Anti-Amnesty International protesters storm Abuja UN building

A civil society organisation, Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency on Monday led a protest march to the United Nations office in Abuja complaining about the activities of Amnesty International in the country.

The organisation specifically told the UN that the Federal Government was capable of solving its problems and could cater for her citizens as already being done by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The leader of the protest and Executive Secretary of CESJET, Ikpa Isaac, who said they were aware of several efforts by AI to rubbish and undermine the ongoing struggle to maintain the nation’s unity, accused Amnesty International of embarking on a  “campaign of calumny” against the government,.

CESJET said inasmuch as the West might have been of immense assistance in the ongoing battle against insurgency, it would also be instructive that they counsel any and all interested parties to avoid manipulations by enemies of this successful battle.

Isaac said, “We have watched for long how a group of buccaneers try to usurp our hard-earned independence through backhand tactics of arm-twisting and blackmail using the international media.

“These debauchers have employed the use of various groups, including famed non-governmental organisations, in their quest to control the state orchestrating sinister plots which in no doubt circumvent the integrity, sovereignty and authority of our constituted government.”