Tsav accuses Amnesty of making allegations against key govt agencies without proof

Abubakar Tsav, retired commissioner of police, has advised the federal government to issue a cease and desist notice to Amnesty International.

In a statement on Wednesday, Tsav said he believes the London-based group’s apparent support for Niger Delta militants, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Islamic Movement in Nigeria and even tolerance of Boko Haram is good enough evidence.

“Amnesty International recently launched what it described as its 8-Point Human Rights Agenda for Nigeria in what is the greatest slur and insult to the country yet from the international non-governmental organization,” he said.

“Although packaged in the veneer of good intentions, the action by Amnesty International must be viewed in the right context to appreciate the danger it portends.

“A lot has been said about a destabilization agenda against Nigeria and one the predicted outcomes if this agenda was to succeed is the emergence of micro states that could be easily manipulated, controlled and owned by corporations. Amnesty International has been mentioned in different instances as implementing this agenda to break up Nigeria – its support for Niger Delta militants, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Islamic Movement in Nigeria and even its tolerance of Boko Haram is usually cited since these are all groups that are opposed to the existence of Nigeria or refuse to recognize its supremacy.

“The organization’s approach to relating with the Federal Government and key national institutions has been that of belligerence, often accusing them of grievous crimes without proof. These faulty reports from Amnesty International have damaging consequences nonetheless as seen from the United States’ refusal to approve the sales of military hardware to Nigeria during the Obama era based on a petition from the NGO.

“It is therefore pertinent for the Federal Government to ask if Amnesty International is already in a new phase of its destabilization agenda, the phase that entails the NGO testing the waters to see if Nigeria has become weak enough to take instructions and orders from it in the form of a shopping list christened 8-Point Human Rights Agenda for Nigeria.

“The glaring reality is that this is exactly what the organization is doing. It is testing to see if Nigeria has become weak to the point of accepting directives from it so that it can then signal its clients to mobilize for the kill. What is perplexing is how Amnesty International has not presented the same kind of hare-brained assignment to countries that are in need of it, countries that are directly or indirectly fuelling the security breaches we are dealing with in Nigeria.”