By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/p>\n
An advocacy group, Salvation and Service (SnS), has condemned the escalating violence and human rights abuses in Nigeria\u2019s South-East, urging urgent action to end impunity.<\/p>\n
Citing a recent Amnesty International report that recorded 1,844 killings between January 2021 and June 2023, SnS described the situation as a breakdown of law and order, with atrocities committed by both state and non-state actors.<\/p>\n
In a statement signed by its General Secretary, Prince Tim Nwaro, the group called the report, \u201cA Decade of Impunity,\u201d \u201crepulsive, reprehensible and repugnant,\u201d blaming government inaction and complicity for worsening insecurity.<\/p>\n
According to SnS, the South-East has become a \u201ckilling field,\u201d where security forces, armed groups, militias, vigilantes, and cult gangs engage in extra-judicial killings, torture, disappearances, and property destruction.<\/p>\n
The group cited cases such as the killing of three sons of Mrs. Ukamaka Obasi of Ebonyi State by SARS operatives in Anambra (2012-2014) and the murder of a farming couple in Afikpo North in 2020, allegedly by state agents.<\/p>\n
SnS further lamented mass displacement in Anambra and Imo, noting that even weddings and funerals are now held outside the region due to fear of abduction or assassination.<\/p>\n
The group demanded that victims\u2019 bodies be released to their families and urged authorities to halt the violence, stressing: \u201cEnough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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