Nigeria: U.S. Expresses Concern Over Baga Killings

The United States is concerned about extra-judicial killings and human rights abuses by Nigerian officials, the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Terence P. McCulley, told members of civil society organisations who met him on Thursday morning in Abuja.

Contrary to reports, however, the Ambassador did not say the U.S. would withdraw military assistance in protest against the killings of civilians by Nigerian soldiers in Baga, attendees at the meeting told PREMIUM TIMES.

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