August 28, 2026
By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: A political controversy in Kuje Area Council of the nation’s capital has ballooned into a fresh firestorm, as indigenous residents of the Federal Capital Territory FCT accused global rights body, Amnesty International, of selective outrage, questioning why it intervened in a local political dispute while staying silent for years on demolitions, displacement and marginalisation affecting the territory’s original inhabitants.
The accusation was made by the Abuja Original Inhabitants Youths Empowerment Organisation AOIYEO through its Executive Director, Commandant Isaac David, at a news conference in Abuja convened in response to Amnesty International’s reaction to a viral video purportedly showing the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Hon. Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo, making threatening political remarks.
The Kuje council chairman had reportedly been heard in the video saying, “It’s either you are doing APC or leave the Area Council,” a statement that has generated controversy and attracted outrage from Nigerians.
