https://allafrica.com/stories/202011230236.html
There were numerous attacks on innocent people in Nigeria’s Oyigbo community between the last week of October to November 3rd by Nigerian military forces. One victim of these attacks lost his soon to be wife as she was fatally shot near his shop. Another victim was a minister named Excellent Moses. Moses was shot on his way home from a carpenter’s house after asking for him to do some work on his home. A motorcyclist reported a ambulance full of dead bodies that was stopped by the Nigerian forces and set on fire. Many of these attacks happened at night when the citizens were under a 24-hour curfew made to stop the violence. later in the evening of the curfew, soldiers came with enforcements and started attacking the whole Oyigbo community. (There are many more similar attacks mentioned in the article that I do not have space to report on.) The forces are trying to excuse these killings by saying this news is fake, the people they are trying to find and terminate are IPOB members and to they are trying to recover stolen weapons.
These attacks have the people of the Oyigbo community frightened for their lives at all times. Almost every member of the community is aware of the attacks and are mourning for lost loved ones. Many members are also fleeing from the area in regards to their safety. These attacks will only increase the turmoil within Nigeria as there are protests ongoing to end sars, and they are struggling to care to the Covid-19 pandemic. The citizens not only in Oyigbo but around the whole country will feel unsafe under the Nigerian government as they make no action against the killers. Nigeria is also apart of the human rights council, these actions by their government completely went against the councils rules. I would expect some type of punishment or even ex-communication of Nigeria from the council.
You would think maybe one of the neighboring states to Nigeria would step in and provide help for them during this time. But using the realist perspective, this would not benefit them in any way. The issues occuring in Nigeria are their own fault and they are going to need to fix these issues without help from other countries in order for their people to feel safe again. These attacks may occur again in the future if Nigeria doesn’t hold those responsible for their crimes.