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8 August 2008
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8 August 2008
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According to Amnesty International: "On 6 August 2008, Femi Enyi (not his real name), a commercial driver, was shot without prior warning by a police ...
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Right To Life
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Lagos Island,
Nigeria
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Police
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2 February 2012
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2 February 2012
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According to the United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor: "On 8 February police at a checkpoint in Onitsha, Anambra ...
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Personal Integrity,
Right To Life
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Onitsha North,
Anambra,
Nigeria
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Police
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3 March 2008
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3 March 2008
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According to the United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor: "On March 24, the JTF reportedly killed four men near ...
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Right To Life
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Okrika,
Rivers,
Nigeria
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Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope
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5 May 2009
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5 May 2009
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According to Amnesty International: "Aneke Okorie, a 39-year-old Okada (motorcycle taxi) rider and a father of four, failed to pay a bribe to the police ...
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Right To Life
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Enugu East,
Enugu,
Nigeria
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Police
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8 August 2006
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8 August 2006
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According to Amnesty International: "On 10 August 2006, the police in Aba, Abia State, paraded 12 men labelled as “armed robbers” in front of the ...
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Right To Life
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Aba South,
Abia,
Nigeria
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Police
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3 March 2002
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3 March 2002
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According to Amnesty International: "Student Emeka Ugwoke, aged 17, and Izuchukwu Ayogu, aged 16, were extrajudicialy executed by the police in Nsukka in March 2002. ...
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Right To Life
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Nsukka,
Enugu,
Nigeria
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Police
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12 December 2011
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12 December 2011
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According to Amnesty International: "On the early hours of 27 December 2011, nine people - Wakil Dala, Bukar Dla, Ali Dala, Adam Tijjani, Mamman Adamu ...
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Extrajudicial Execution,
Summary Execution
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Maiduguri,
Nigeria
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Joint Task Force Operation Restore Order I
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1 January 2012
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1 January 2012
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According to Amnesty International: "In January 2012, M.M. repeatedly complained to soldiers at Giwa barracks that he was diabetic but they refused to take him ...
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Denied Medical Care
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Giwa Barracks,
Maiduguri,
Nigeria
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Military
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11 November 2008
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11 November 2008
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According to Human Rights Watch: “A young Christian boy from the Dutse Uku neighborhood described the killing of two of his brothers by a MOPOL ...
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Right To Life
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Dutse Uku neighborhood,
Jos North,
Nigeria
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Police Mobile Force (Riot Police)
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11 November 2008
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11 November 2008
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According to Human Rights Watch: “Human Rights Watch interviewed five witnesses in the Rikkos neighborhood, each giving an account independent of the others, who saw ...
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Right To Life
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Rikkos neighborhood,
Jos North,
Nigeria
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Military
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11 November 2008
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11 November 2008
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According to Human Rights Watch: “On the morning of November 29, military soldiers in Rikkos arrested 16 Muslim men. The soldiers marched the group down ...
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Personal Integrity,
Right To Life
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Rikkos (Gadan Katako),
Jos North,
Nigeria
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Military
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11 November 2008
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11 November 2008
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According to Human Rights Watch: “Human Rights Watch interviewed two police officers separately who witnessed a soldier summarily execute an unarmed man at the Laranto ...
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Right To Life
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Laranto Police Division,
Jos North,
Nigeria
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Military
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11 November 2008
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11 November 2008
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According to Human Rights Watch: “On November 29, MOPOLs responded to an altercation in the Angwan Rogo neighborhood between Muslim and Christian youth by chasing ...
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Right To Life
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Angwan Rogo neighborhood,
Jos North,
Nigeria
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Police Mobile Force (Riot Police)
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11 November 2008
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11 November 2008
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According to Human Rights Watch: "Witnesses described how on the morning of November 29, MOPOL officers entered the Angwan Damisa neighborhood in Rikkos and shot ...
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Right To Life
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Angwan Damisa neighborhood in Rikkos,
Jos North,
Nigeria
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Police Mobile Force (Riot Police)
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11 November 2008
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11 November 2008
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According to Human Rights Watch: “On the morning of November 29, the MOPOLs arrived at the house of a prominent Islamic scholar in Rikkos. Witnesses ...
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Right To Life
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Rikkos (New Layout),
Jos North,
Nigeria
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Police Mobile Force (Riot Police)
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11 November 2008
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11 November 2008
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According to Human Rights Watch: “On the morning of November 29, mobs of Christians and Muslims clashed in the Angwan Keke neighborhood for about one ...
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Right To Life
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Bulbulla neighborhood,
Jos North,
Nigeria
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Police Mobile Force (Riot Police)
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11 November 2008
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11 November 2008
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According to Human Rights Watch: “A 45-year-old teacher from Angwan Keke described what he saw: “On Saturday morning at around 7:30, the Christian people from ...
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Right To Life
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Angwan Keke neighborhood,
Jos North,
Nigeria
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Police Mobile Force (Riot Police)
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11 November 2008
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11 November 2008
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According to Human Rights Watch: “A 20-year-old student from Congo Junction described how a MOPOL officer summarily executed his friend inside his house on the ...
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Right To Life
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Congo Junction,
Jos North,
Nigeria
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Police Mobile Force (Riot Police)
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11 November 2008
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11 November 2008
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According to Human Rights Watch: "Human Rights Watch interviewed eight witnesses who saw four soldiers enter the Ali Kazaure neighborhood around 11 a.m. on November ...
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Right To Life
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Ali Kazaure neighborhood,
Jos North,
Nigeria
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Military
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5 May 2008
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5 May 2008
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According to Amnesty International: "Officers sometimes continue to kill at will after being transferred to new posts. The police officers who reportedly killed Michael Akpan ...
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Right To Life
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Owerri Municipal,
Nigeria
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Police
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10 October 2015
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10 October 2015
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According to Amnesty International: "On 19 October 2015, approximately 50 women gathered around midday in Umuahia, at Abia state government house (the official residence of ...
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Beating,
Excessive Use Of Force
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At entrance to Abia State Government House,
Umuahia North,
Nigeria
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Police
State Security Service (Internal Security)
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2 February 2012
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2 February 2012
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According to Amnesty International: "On the evening of 12 February 2012, between 7pm and 8pm, according to eyewitness accounts, the JTF mounted a road block ...
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Extrajudicial Execution,
Summary Execution
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Maiduguri,
Nigeria
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Joint Task Force Operation Restore Order I
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2 February 2012
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2 February 2012
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According to Amnesty International: "On 15 February, around 100 soldiers from the Multinational JTF Headquarters in Baga arrived in Duguri on boats. The soldiers entered ...
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Extrajudicial Execution
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Kukawa,
Borno,
Nigeria
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Multinational Joint Task Force
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3 March 2012
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3 March 2012
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According to Amnesty International: "On 9 March 2012, Ali Muhammad Sadiq (31), Ahmed Yunusa (24), Auwalu Mohammed (30) and two other people were shot to ...
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Extrajudicial Execution,
Summary Execution
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NNPC filling station,
Ungongo,
Kano,
Nigeria
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Joint Task Force Kano State
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4 April 2012
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11 November 2014
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According to Amnesty International: "Usman Modu, a 26-year-old scrap metal dealer from Maiduguri, spent almost two and a half years in Giwa barracks. He was ...
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Right To Liberty
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Maiduguri,
Nigeria
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Military
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