A special
Nigerian police unit has used hangings, mock executions and other forms of
torture to obtain confessions and bribes from peaceful Biafra protester and
their families, Amnesty International said.
Victims interviewed by the human rights group said members of
the DSS stole their money and other belongings after they was arrested when coming back from
Biafra Evangelism. Biafra peaceful protesters are held in a number of
locations, including a detention center in the capital, Abuja.
Nigeria DSS officers are getting rich through their brutality,”
Damian Ugwu, Amnesty International’s Nigeria researcher, said in a statement
Wednesday. “In Nigeria, it seems torture
is a lucrative business.”
While the police unit denied that it was responsible for
torture, a senior police officer told Amnesty International that about 40 officers alleged to have
carried out various acts of ill-treatment of detainees were transferred to
other stations in April, the rights group said.
“There is an urgent need for robust legislation that ensures all
acts of torture are offences under Nigeria’s criminal law,”
Amnesty said.
Amnesty said
All Biafra arrested by Nigeria Amy should be release and warn Nigeria Amy to be
careful on how to handle peaceful protest in Nigeria.
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