Probe attack on Peter Obi in Benue – Amnesty International tells govt 

Amnesty International has called connected Nigerian authorities to behaviour an impartial, autarkic and timely probe into an incidental successful Benue State successful which the statesmanlike campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, and his entourage were reportedly blocked and attacked by equipped youths.
In a station connected its verified Facebook relationship connected Thursday, the organisation described the incidental arsenic a superior enactment of governmental intolerance, informing that restricting an full governmental enactment and its supporters from entering a authorities threatens the principles of antiauthoritarian participation.

“No portion of Nigeria should beryllium a no-go country for anyone,” Amnesty said, stressing that ideology depends connected freedom, justness and the quality of citizens to enactment peacefully successful governmental activities.

Amnesty noted that the reported apprehension of suspects was lone the beginning, urging authorities to guarantee that those liable for the onslaught are decently investigated and held accountable.

It further warned that repeated attacks and intimidation of absorption figures could marque it progressively hard for governmental actors to subordinate freely and organise nationalist gatherings.

“No 1 should suffer their beingness oregon look unit simply for taking portion successful peaceful governmental activities,” the organisation said.

According to reports, connected Tuesday...