Nigeria: Military Accuses Amnesty International of Fabricating Report of Extrajudicial Killings, Torture

22 February 2017

The Nigerian military has accused human rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI), of fabricating its latest report about extrajudicial killings and torture of 240 people in the country's north-east and 177 pro-Biafran agitators.

In a statement signed by acting director defence information, Rabe Abubakar, a brigadier general, the military described the report as a continuation of AI's "series of spurious fabrications aimed at tarnishing the good image of the Nigerian military."

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