According to Amnesty International: "On 3 July 2012, soldiers raided several bars and television viewing centres in Nsukka, Enugu state, and arrested about 30 men aged 20-34. According to eyewitnesses, the raid was carried out after the son of a soldier was killed, allegedly by a “cult” group in the town. Amnesty International interviewed 10 of the men. Ugwuoke Ja, who had gone to the bar to look for his brothers and who was also arrested, described the scene: “There was one boy bleeding profusely on the head as a result of the beating from the soldiers. They asked the boy to go home. The soldiers arrested seven of us, and tied us up with a rope. They told us to get in their vehicles. They came with three Hilux vehicles, one green in colour, and the others in blue and white colour. When they realized we could not all enter one vehicle at the same time, they cut the rope and asked three people to enter one vehicle, while four people entered the next vehicle. We left the bar at about 8pm because the soldiers spent a lot of time beating us. After that they arrested other people from different bars in the town.” The 30 people were detained at the Army’s 82 Division base in Enugu." [+]
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18 September 2014 | Amnesty International | Welcome to hell fire’: Torture and other ill-treatment in Nigeria | 27 September 2018 |