Nigeria: Military Slams Amnesty International Over Rape Report On Troops

26 May 2018

The Nigerian Military has denied the report by Amnesty International accusing soldiers and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF of raping women and girls at IDP camps.

The report, which was released on Friday revealed how the military and Civilian JTF separated women from their husbands and confined them to "satellite camps" where they were raped sometimes in exchange of food. Amnesty in its report highlighted how scores of women described how soldiers and Civilian JTF members used force and threats to rape them including taking advantage of hunger to coerce them to become their "girlfriends" which involved being available for sex regularly.

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