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Incident on 29 November 2008 [+] Print this page

Location: Congo Junction, Jos North [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

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

Perpetrator classifications: Police Mobile Force (Riot Police) [+]

Location


This incident took place in Congo Junction, Jos North, Nigeria [+]

Description


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 morning of November 29: “On Saturday [morning] there were many people trying to cross to Angwan Keke to save the houses that were burning there. On our way there, two Hilux vehicles full of mobile police came. One was black and one was white with no markings on it. We ran away and [five MOPOLs] followed us back. I entered my house with J., my friend who lives at our house as well. He is 20 years old. J. tried to close the door but the mobile police pushed the door with his leg. J. fell down. The policeman then shot him. He shot him twice. Once in his chest; the second time he put the gun in his mouth and shot him. It was a big gun not a pistol. I saw it from behind the door. The policeman then laughed and left the house and left with the others. He was wearing the complete uniform of the mobile police—black shirt and green trousers.” [+]

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
July 2009 Human Rights Watch Arbitrary Killings by Security Forces: Submission to the Investigative Bodies on the November 28-29, 2008 Violence in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria 27 September 2018