Amnesty International Accuses Buhari of Dictatorship

The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is trying to muzzle

dissent by arresting and intimidating journalists and protesters, Amnesty

International said in a statement on Wednesday .
The London-based rights group cites examples of police blocking peaceful

protests. Those protests include activists demanding the government rescue

more than 200 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, Shiite Muslims demanding the

release of their long-detained leader and separatists calling for an

independent Biafra in the southeast.
The statement Wednesday says Amnesty has documented cases of enforced

disappearances and killings of pro-Biafra supporters by security forces.

It also cites the detention of several journalists critical of officials

in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Amnesty says the intimidation appears to be “a barefaced attempt by the

Nigerian government to muzzle dissenting voices.”
It urges the government to halt detentions without trial and the excessive

use of force. AP
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