In the wake of the most unfortunate Abuja-Kaduna train attack which occurred on the 28th of April 2022, a joint coalition of CSOs in Nigeria on which Global Rights was a part called on the Federal Government to initiate prompt rescue of abducted citizens in the Kaduna-Abuja train attack. This was achieved by a Press briefing held on the 1st of April 2022.
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Five years later, accountability for this gross crime against Nigeria’s democracy remains elusive. No one has been held responsible for the killings. Instead, Nigeria’s civic space continues to shrink, and the same patterns of state overreach persist.
Eleven years later, at least 91 of these 276 girls remain unaccounted for. Many were forcefully married to their captors, some died, and the insecurity that had marked Northeast Nigeria has metastasized and spread across the North-West and North-Central of the country.
Global Rights expresses deep sorrow over the recent petrol tanker explosion in Niger State that claimed at least 70 lives, and left countless families in mourning. This devastating incident underscores the urgent need for comprehensive measures to prevent such recurring tragedies.