Following its support of the #RevolutionNow Protest across major streets in Nigeria, Civil Society Organizations (CSO) under the aegis of the Concerned Citizens’ on Monday, 5th August 2019 appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to expel Amnesty International from Nigeria. The group made the call at a conference held at the Organizations headquarters in Abuja.
According to the group, some foreign agencies were plotting to destabilize the country.
Daniels Momoh, National Secretary of the group, who spoke on behalf of the protesters, said Amnesty International took it upon itself to be the face of some agents of destabilization at it has continually issued statements and tweeted support for the organizers of #RevolutionNow Movement.
They called on President Buhari to expel Amnesty International NOW or they would be forced to turn their rage against the NGO.
Expanding on it claims why Amnesty should be expelled, the group listed the following;
1. Amnesty International has a track record of lying dating back to when it used a rehearsed actress as a witness to justify lies that Iraqi troops were throwing neonates out of incubators in Kuwait.
It never walked back that lie.
Such a questionable means of gathering evidence is responsible for the growing suicide rate among its staff.
2. Amnesty International is complicit in the affairs of countries that have failed or presently in turmoil today.
An organization that can facilitate the ongoing pogrom in Yemen and still be resolute in creating new failed states should not be welcome in any self-loving nation on earth.
3. The financiers of Amnesty International are questionable individuals and organizations.
The list includes weapon manufacturers that are eager to have new wars and the resultant clients as well as opposition figures that are desperate to gain power through transition, interim or government of national unity as is the case of Atiku Abubakar and Omoyele Sowore in Nigeria.
4. There have been countries that successfully expelled Amnesty International from their jurisdiction in the past.
The reason for the expulsions is no different from the crime Amnesty International has been committing in Nigeria.
Morocco once expelled the organization while Israel has expelled its affiliates.
These for us are enough reasons not to have this monster in our country.
Its output can only be pure evil and the longer it stays among us the more malevolent its evil will be.