Nigeria shielding notorious Police SARS officers – Amnesty International
It said this was despite anti-torture legislation passed in 2017 and evidence that its members continue to use torture and other ill-treatment to execute, punish and extract information from suspects.
Osai Ojigho, AI Director in Nigeria, said the government’s inability to bring an end to the gross human rights violations perpetrated by SARS “is shocking and unacceptable. The body said in March 2017, 23-year-old Miracle was arrested and detained by SARS officers in Neni, Anambra State, accused of the theft of a laptop.
He was held in detention for 5 weeks without access to family, lawyers or medical care – and was not charged to court.
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