Amnesty Int’l tasks Nigerian govt to treat rising wave of kidnapping as emergency

Amnesty International, an international non-governmental organisation (INGO), has asked the Nigerian govt under President Bola Tinubu to treat the recent rising wave of kidnapping incidents across the country as an emergency.

Ripples Nigeria reports that cases of kidnappings have spiked in recent weeks, with the kidnap of six sisters and their father from their residence at Zuma 1 in the Bwari area council of the federal capital territory (FCT) on January 5.

The abductors released the father but held the girls hostage. On Sunday, Nabeeha, one of the girls, was reported to have died in captivity.