NOTE FOR (IN)HUMAN RIGHT GROUPS IN NIGERIAšŸ‡³šŸ‡¬

I bring you good tidings (may be bad for you) @HURIWA_NIGERIA. I want to inform you that for the past eight years, the people of RAFI LOCAL GOVT, KAGARA, NIGER STATE have been batting with incessant attacks by bandits, cattle rustling

kidnapping for ransom and unprovoked arson.
These cases were duly reported to appropriate authorities.

What interest the good people of the area is that none of the #HumanRightsWatch either spoke for or sympathize with us, in any form or at any occasion.

@GovNiger @SSGNGSG
Many villages and communities that were attacked fled to Kagara, the headquarters of the LGA as refugees. As a result of this bandits took over most of these villages & converted them as their places of abode with some few villagers who have connived them as informants and allies
remaining in those villages.

Sadly, whenever any aerial raid or military operation takes place that's when we hear noise from this unfortunate human rights groups against any of the operations so conducted to dislodge these top notch killers & arsonists.

@humanrightslaw
So far the people of that area have lost, in momentary terms, cattles, houses, motorcycles, farm produce, looted provision stores, patent medicines stores etc worth more than three billion (N3b) aside of human lives killed as well as traumatized women that were raped.

@abusbello
Are these people not human beings? Are others lives more sanctified than others?

Regrettably all of you shouting human rights lives hundreds or thousands of miles or kilometers away from these vulnerable communities but can report or write rubbish on behalf of these murderers.
The people of RLGA, Kagara are feeling abandoned, neglected and uncared for by the wide network you claim to have or command because you never either spoke or stood for them but rather for the bandits/murderers each time they are being wiped away.

@IbrahmBalarabe @FMHDSD
If for anything, @UNHumanRights should have a operational template as to what a human rights violation is or should be.

@hrw we feel saddened as to the conduct of your personnel handling the activities of armed banditry in Niger State, Nigeria (Kagara in particular).
You can't be claiming human rights violations only when bandits are killed but keep mute when innocent lives are lost from banditry activities. This is a bizarre misnomer.

This leaves one in serious doubt as to what exactly are you guys standing for or defending.

@Nupenchi_
I therefore call on all relevant agencies like: @PoliceNG @HRC @NGRPresident @SPNigeria @femigbaja @SERAPNigeria @anticorruption @ShehuSani @AishaYesufu @obyezeks @angry_ustaaz @Marmyla @SaharaReporters @PremiumTimesng to note this & act accordingly in the interest of equality.

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