According to Human Rights Watch: "The following afternoon, July 29, the woman said she returned to the police headquarters and witnessed the police executing six more people, including three men on crutches: “After watching this, I felt bad—I even cried,” she said. “The police are not right because they are even killing innocent people.” As the bodies piled up outside the headquarters the police made no attempt to hide their actions, witnesses said. Members of the public and even the police themselves video recorded executions with their mobile telephones. On 9 February 2010, Al Jazeera television aired video footage of police officers killing seven men outside the front gate of the headquarters." [+]
Publication Date | Publisher | Publication Title | Access Date | Archive Link |
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11 October 2012 | Human Rights Watch | Spiraling Violence: Boko Haram Attacks and Security Force Abuses in Nigeria. | 27 September 2018 |