Amnesty International exposes Nigerian police

News Express |21st Sep 2016 | 2,757
Amnesty International exposes Nigerian police

An elite police unit in Nigeria has subjected people to hangings, mock executions and starvation to force them to confess to crimes or to solicit bribes, leading rights group Amnesty International has said in a statement released today.

The special anti-robbery squad holds detainees in several facilities near the capital, Abuja, including one known as The Abbatoir, it adds.
Nigerian police have not yet commented on the report.
Amnesty quoted a 25-year-old unnamed fuel attendant from Onitsha city in the south-east as saying he was arrested by the squad after being accused of a burglary.
Recalling his detention he said: “The policemen asked me to sign a plain sheet. When I signed it, they told me I have signed my death warrant.
“They left me hanging on a suspended iron rod. My body ceased to function. I lost consciousness. When I was about to die they took me down and poured water on me to revive me.”
Amnesty quoted another man, Chidi Oluchi, 32, as saying he was arrested in Enugu in the south-east before being robbed of his belongings and tortured in custody by police officers.
“They told me to slap myself and, when I refused, they started beating me with the side of their machetes and heavy sticks. My mouth was bleeding and my vision became blurred.”
Mr Oluchi told Amnesty he was released after paying officers a bribe of $100 (£77).
•Text courtesy of BBC.



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