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Incident between September 2013 and 2 June 2015 [+] Print this page

Location: Giwa Barracks, Jere, Borno [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Violation types: Enforced Disappearance [+]

Perpetrator classifications: Military [+]

Location


This incident took place in Giwa Barracks, Jere, Borno, Nigeria [+]

Description


According to Amnesty International: "In September 2013, twenty-five year old Ibrahim, who just started his own carpet trading business, was travelling by bus from Maidugri to Dikwa market. Fellow passengers later told his father that at a military checkpoint in New Marte (92 km from Maiduguri), the military stopped the bus and took him away, hands tied behind his back, accusing him of being Boko Haram member. Ibrahim’s father told Amnesty International that he inquired in New Marte and the military told him that this son had been taken to Giwa barracks. At father’s request, a local Civilian JTF member checked at the barracks and confirmed that Ibrahim was being held there. He said he saw him being beaten, with his hands tied. After the Giwa barracks attack, another member of the Civilian JTF told Ibrahim’s family that they had seen him as he fled. “They called on us and asked if he has come back home because they had seen him at the barracks. But he didn’t come back home. Between the two incidents [that he was seen by others] we had had no information.” As of this writing, Ibrahim’s whereabouts remain unknown." [+]

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
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