The developing genocide of Christians and ongoing mass-scale abductions of students unfolding in Nigeria by extremists are ticking time bombs amidst a growing security crisis in Nigeria. The Nigerian government itself faces serious allegations of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings under the guise of tackling insecurity.

This petition is an explicit call to action to the UK Government to apply pressure through its UK-Nigeria Security & Defence Partnership (the ‘Partnership’) to demand that the Nigerian government take immediate and effective measures to stop the cycle of religious violence and mass abductions of Nigerians including human rights violations allegedly committed by Nigeria’s security forces. READ MORE