According to Amnesty International: "Auwal Kyari (not his real name), a 21-year-old student at Rama Polytechnic school, was among 122 people arrested on 18 May 2013 during a cordon-and-search operation in Gwange, Sabon Gari in Maiduguri. His father, Musa Kyari (not his real name), told Amnesty International that the day after his son’s arrest, he went to a JTF station called NEPA where a military officer confirmed that his son had been arrested and that he had seen him in NEPA. Musa Kyari was told to return later that day; he was then told “your son is a Boko Haram member”. His father was not able to see his son, even though he asked a lawyer to intervene. For six months he had no information about his son’s fate or whereabouts, then a military officer confidentially told him that he had seen his son in Giwa, and that he was not well. After the Giwa barracks attack, an escapee came to his house and told him that his son had died in custody. To date, however, the family has not received any official confirmation of his death or information on his whereabouts." [+]
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02 June 2015 | Amnesty International | Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military. 44/1657/2015. | 27 September 2018 |