Even before it conducted its 'investigation,' the police had categorically absolved its officials of any wrongdoing.
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He said commissioners of police in “the affected states have been mandated to submit further detailed reports on the incidents within one week.”Even before the police conducted any investigation, Mr Adejobi suggested the police had already come to a conclusion. Only seven people were killed and their deaths “were not caused by police actions,” the police spokesperson said in the statement he shared a fortnight ago.
In Borno, three people were killed in an IED attack. Amnesty International said it spoke to one of the deceased’s parents who narrated how his son, Amodu, alongside two others, were killed at a petrol station where they worked as fuel attendants. The police spokesperson’s claims are false. Our investigation showed that six people were killed — five of them were shot dead by the police on the first day of the 10-day protests at various points in Suleja LGA and Sabon Wuse, Tafa LGA. The sixth person, a scavenger, was killed on the fifth day of the protests.
Mr Adejobi added that “the Nigeria Police Force operates under the highest professional standards and remains fully committed to upholding human rights and the rule of law. Our officers deployed for protest management are regularly being trained in compliance with international human rights standards.”
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