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Incident between 1 August 2008 and 31 August 2008 [+] Print this page

Location: Enugu North [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Violation types: Violations against personal integrity [+] Violations of the right to life [+]

Perpetrator classifications: Police [+]

Location

This incident took place in Enugu North, Nigeria [+]

Description

According to Amnesty International: "After shop owner Sunday Nonso (not his real name) was tortured to death in police custody in August 2008 in Enugu, the officer in charge of the police station was sent on a six-month training course. No investigation has been carried out into the death of Sunday Nonso. The officer in charge returned to his post in 2009." [+]

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
09 December 2009 Amnesty International Killing at Will: Extrajudicial Executions and Other Unlawful Killings by the Police in Nigeria. Index: AFR 44/038/2009. 27 September 2018