Paid protesters of the Federal Government have blocked the country office of an international non-governmental organization, Amnesty International.
The paid protesters wielding different placards accused AI of being behind Boko Haram and other terror groups.
The Army had in the past asked the organization to leave Nigeria.
Right now ‘protesters’ barricaded; barring entry and exit, at our office in Abuja: #Nigeria pic.twitter.com/CekNGTWAJi
— Amnesty Int. Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) February 11, 2020
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A tweet by the organization said the protesters blocked entry and exit points of the office, stopping officials of the agency from carrying out their legitimate daily activities.
The APC-led federal government have become notorious for employing such tactic to discredit organizations taking it to task on the increasing human right abuses, insecurity and widening poverty in the country.
#Breaking: In Abuja, #Nigeria's federal capital, procured "protesters" have besieged the offices of @AmnestyNigeria yet again, precluding the organisation & its staff from their important work. This has become the #GoTo habit of the govt & their sympathisers. pic.twitter.com/DxXcYpyYJt
— Chidi Odinkalu (@ChidiOdinkalu) February 11, 2020
So, @AmnestyNigeria is registered in #Nigeria as a trust;
All its trustees are #Nigerian
It has an office in #Nigeria
Its staff are #Nigeria
Yet, @NigeriaGov & its agents pay ppl to threaten the organisation with being thrown out of #Nigeria. How? By whom? To where?! pic.twitter.com/ywrl6clGMR
— Chidi Odinkalu (@ChidiOdinkalu) February 11, 2020
