Nigeria: Tiger Base police unit involved in rampant violations including extrajudicial executions, torture and extortion

By Amnesty International

A Nigerian police unit set up to tackle kidnapping and armed robbery in Imo state has instead been unlawfully killing suspects, torturing and ill-treating detainees to coerce them into confessing to bogus crimes, and arresting people for the sole purpose of extracting lucrative bribes for their release, Amnesty International said today. Based in Owerri, the […] The post Nigeria: Tiger Base police unit involved in rampant violations including extrajudicial executions, torture and extortion appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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