A new Amnesty International report found that nearly 2,000 people were killed in what has been described as the deadliest massacre in the history of Boko Haram.
CCTV’s Susan Mwongeli reported this story.
Despite the Amnesty International finding, the Nigeria government said no more than 150 people were killed in the northeastern town of Baga.
The report has has elicited a strong reaction on social media. Twitter users in Nigeria have written the following:
150 or 2000. Whatever the figures, Nigerians are dead. When will this nation act? #BagaKillings
— #BringBackOurGirls (@rotexonline) January 13, 2015
GEJ sympathized over what happened in France but kept mute on #Bagakillings. — Bilkis (@yakakabkm) January 13, 2015
This is where Gej is leading this country to. Vote him out now before it is too late. #BagaMassacre #Baga pic.twitter.com/2fy9GmPUCJ
— Obayomi Abiola B. (@abibeo_oba) January 9, 2015
Many decried the Western media’s failure to cover the Boko Haram massacre the way they did the Charlie Hebdo murders.
Still cannot fathom why #nigeria #BokoHaram #BagaKillings was not the lead story by many news organisations? Despite 2000 massacred. — ayeshas (@ayeshasitara) January 13, 2015
African lives are obviously less valuable than Western lives when there are no media coverage for the massacre of 2k people at #BagaKillings
— Jin Shern (James) (@JamesJSChai) January 13, 2015
9/11, the murders in Paris, & the #BagaKillings were ALL carried out by terrorists, but only 2 of these events were deemed press-worthy. — Nikeya N. Young (@nikeyayoung) January 13, 2015
We know the names of the 12 killed in France Will we ever know the names of those killed in #BagaKillings by #BokoHaram Discarded tragedies
— samira sawlani (@samirasawlani) January 11, 2015
Other users focused their anger on the lack of action on Boko Haram among both leaders locally and around the world:
Even Goodluck Jonathan has had nothing to say concerning 2000 people senselessly murdered. #BagaMassacre — D.J. Walton (@DegeneratedPoet) January 13, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the #CharlieHebdo attack but remained silent on #BagaKillings But why? http://t.co/swncJu4BRg
— Sylvia Nankya (@SylviaNankya) January 13, 2015
Nigeria and even the Global village seem to have moved on already #BagaMassacre Do we truly have real conscience? — FebBuharist (@Awwala) January 12, 2015