The cases in this document are extracts from the full report "Nigeria: Killing at will –extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings". More detailed information ...
Hundreds of people are unlawfully killed by the police in Nigeria every year. Some people die because they fail to pay police officers a bribe. Others are killed ...
Hundreds of people die at the hands of the Nigeria Police Force every year. Many are unlawfully killed in the streets, at roadblocks, in police detention, and before ...
Boma Augustine Fingesi was arrested by the police on 15 October 2008. On 13 January 2009, the court granted Boma Augustine Fingesi bail. However, the police did ...
Emmanuel Egbo, aged 15, was extrajudicially executed by a police officer in Enugu on 25 September 2008. He had been playing with other children and was unarmed. ...