The All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated Amnesty International for accusing president Bola Tinubu of dereliction of duty amid the renewed spate of killings across the country.
Amnesty International recently accused Tinubu of indifference toward the resurgence in violent attacks and killings in Benue, Plateau, Kaduna and Niger States.
However, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka in a statement issued on Wednesday said the Amnesty International criticism of Tinubu amounted to gloating over Nigeria’s troubling and deepening security crisis.
He said it was uncharitable for the security and human rights watchdog to accuse the government of Tinubu of not living up to its responsibility of protecting the lives of Nigerians.
While he thanked Amnesty International for pointing out the lingering security challenges in the country, especially in Plateau, Kaduna, Benue and Zamfara, he insisted that the group’s conclusion was hasty and inconsiderate.
The ruling party noted that the President had stated clearly that security would be the topmost priority of his administration and he promised to reform the nation’s security doctrine and architecture.
Morka said: “It is therefore uncharitable and inconsiderate of Amnesty International through its Acting Nigeria Country Director, Isa Sanusi, to accuse the new government that is just settling down of dereliction of duty.
“Amnesty International is known for stoking internal conflict and citizen antagonism in developing nations through weaponisation and accentuation of local situations to achieve its sinister objectives while hypocritically looking the other way when similar incidents occur in developed nations, especially in the Western world.”
The ruling party said Amnesty International and its affiliates are advised to give the young government some time to work things out, in consonance with its pledge to the people, rather than rushing out with its jaded diatribe against the Nigerian government and its security authorities.